The Rationalism of Georg Lukcs [Hardcover]

The Rationalism of Georg Luk?cs is a collection of essays and engaging scholarship which uncovers new dimensions of the philosopher's work. The relevance of Lukacs's ideas should be seen in the light of a sharp decline in critical thought as well the continued need to rehabilitate a thinker that was representative of a rational radical perspective.I. 'To Supervise the Existence of Reason' 1. Introdcution: Language, Science, Reason 2. Luk?cs's Ideas on Language 3. Luk?cs's Conception of Science 4. Luk?cs's Rationalism: In Defence of the Destruction of Reason II. Problems of Literary History and Aesthetics 5. Art's Struggle for Freedom: Luk?cs the Literary Historian 6. Luk?cs and F?lep: Two Hungarian Critics of Benedetto Croce 7. Luk?cs and the Art of Film: On a Chapter of the Specificity of the Aesthetic

Georg Luk?cs is one of the highly controversial towering thinkers of the 20th century. J?nos Kelemen's book presents a deep insight into the main theoretical aspects of Luk?cs's work . It is also a significant contribution to the still-missing assessment of the philosophical debates triggered by the political left within post-metaphysical philosophy. - Agnes Heller Professor Emeritus, The New School for Social Research, USA

J?nos Kelemen is Professor of Philosophy at the University ELTE Budapest, Hungary. He is also a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and a former director of the Hungarian Academy in Rome, Italy. He has published numerous books and essays on philosophical problems, Italian literary history, and individual authors.