Georg Lukacs Reconsidered Critical Essays in Politics, Philosophy and Aesthetics

An international team of contributors explore contemporary insights into the work of Georg Lukacs in political theory, aesthetics, ethics and social and cultural theory.

Part I: Lukács' Philosophical Legacy \ 1. Lukács's and the Idealist Legacy Stephen Eric Bronner \ 2. Lukács and Marx After Marxism Tom Rockmore \ 3. Rethinking Reification Timothy Hall \ 4. Chvostismus und Dialektik: Lukács' Reply to His Critics Michael Löwy \ Part II: Extending Aesthetic Theory \ 5. A Post-Adornian Aesthetics Peter Uwe Hohendahl \ 6. The Development of the Novel Werner Jung \ 7. The Fight for Freedom of the Arts: Lukács on Dante and Goethe János Keleman \ 8. A Hegelian-Marxist Philosophy of Political Imagination Norman Fischer \ Part III: Politics, Society and Critical Theory \ 9. Lukács' Concept of Time Nichole Shippen \ 10. Lukács' Ambivalent Jurisprudence Katie Terezakis \ 11. Back to History? Lukács and the Antimonies of Communicative Critical Theory Konstantinos Kavoulakos \ 12. Reification and the Progress of Technology Andrew Feenberg \ 13. Lukács and the Revival of Critical Theory: Reconsidering the Ontologie Michael J. Thompson \ Bibliography \ Index