The Dilemma of György Lukács Cover Image

Lukács György dilemmája
The Dilemma of György Lukács

Author(s): János Kis
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Vörösmarty Társaság
Keywords: Bolshevism; ethics; Marxism; moral dilemma; responsibility; Georg Lukacs

Summary/Abstract: Lukács's embracing Bolshevism in late 1918 was an enigma even for his closest friends of the time. It was natural to interpret it as a rationally unmotivated, existential decision. However, it can be explained as a reason-based choice if we recognize that Lukács perceived his situation as that of a moral dilemma, and discover the shift in the description of the dilemma from *Bolshevism as a Moral Problem" to *Tactics and Ethics".

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 636-667
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Hungarian