The Rationalism of Georg Lukács

1. Front Matter

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2. To Supervise the Existence of Reason

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Introduction: Language, Science, and Reason

      • János Kelemen

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   3. Labor and Language: Lukács’s Ideas on Language

      • János Kelemen

      Pages 17-44

   4. Lukács’s Conception of Science

      • János Kelemen

      Pages 45-69

   5. Lukács’s Rationalism: In Defence of The Destruction of Reason

      • János Kelemen

      Pages 70-84

3. Problems of Literary History and Aesthetics

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   2. Art’s Struggle for Freedom: Lukács, the Literary Historian

      • János Kelemen

      Pages 85-106

   3. Lukács and Fülep: Two Hungarian Critics of Benedetto Croce

      • János Kelemen

      Pages 107-115

   4. Lukács and the Art of Film: On a Chapter of his The Specificity of the Aesthetic

      • János Kelemen

      Pages 116-130

4. Back Matter

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The Rationalism of Georg Lukács 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.

• Georg Lukács
• liberty
• work

"Georg Lukács is one of the highly controversial towering thinkers of the 20th century. János Kelemen's book presents a deep insight into the main theoretical aspects of Lukács'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

• University ELTE Budapest, Hungary

  János Kelemen

János 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.

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