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The New Lukács:Introduction to History & Class Consciousness
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A reader’s guide to Lukács’s History and Class Consciousness, unlocking one of Marxism’s most influential — and demanding — works
Though notoriously challenging, Georg Lukács’s History and Class Consciousness is nonetheless an essential work in the canon of Marxist philosophy. Andrew Feenberg unwraps and elucidates the central Lukácsian concepts of reification, totality, and praxis. He makes the text accessible to a new generation of readers, teasing out neglected facets of the work in the light of the latest scholarship.
Attacked by orthodox Marxists on its first publication in 1923, History and Class Consciousness was mostly forgotten for decades. But in the 1960s the student movement was drawn to its focus on the power of consciousness to change reality. Lukács’s classic continues to inspire scholars and radicals to this day.
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This brilliant essay proposes a new reading of Georg Lukacs early masterpiece, History and Class Consciousness. Andrew Feenberg offers a compelling reinterpretation that overturns the long-standing view of him as an "idealist" and an "irrationalist." By a close study of Lukacs' key concepts - reification, totality, historicism - he argues for the path-breaking importance of History and Class Consciousness, and its relevance for today's social movements.
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History and Class Consciousness is one of the most influential and, at the same time, the most controversial Marxist books of the twentieth century. Feenberg’s magisterial essay is an introduction to its dialectical lexicon, a fascinating history of its reception, and a compelling explanation of their relevance for our time. The product of fifty years of critical reappraisal, this is one of the best studies ever written on Lukács’s thought.