Georg Luk??cs and Critical Theory

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Georg Luk??cs and Critical Theory is written by Tyrus Miller and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1399502441 (ISBN 10) and 9781399502443 (ISBN 13).

This book examines the heritage of critical theory from the Hungarian Marxist philosopher Georg Luk??cs through the early Frankfurt School up to current issues of authoritarian politics and democratisation. Interweaving discussion of art and literature, utopian thought, and the dialectics of high art and mass culture, it offers unique perspectives on an interconnected group of left-wing intellectuals who sought to understand and resist their society's systemic impoverishment of thought and experience. Starting from Luk??cs???s reflections on art, utopia, and historical action, it progresses to the Frankfurt School philosopher Theodor W. Adorno???s analyses of music, media, avant-garde and kitsch. It concludes with discussions of erotic utopia, authoritarianism, postsocialism, and organised deceit in show trials ??? topics in which the legacy of Luk??cs and Frankfurt School critical theory continues to be relevant today.