Young Georg Lukács as a Crisis Thinker. Subjectivism and the Problem of Form
Young Georg Lukács as a Crisis Thinker. Subjectivism and the Problem of Form
Author(s): Andrew Simon GilbertSubject(s): Social Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, Marxism
Published by: Odsjek za germanistiku - Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Keywords: Georg Lukács; crisis of subjectivism; pre-Marxist and Marxist period; position of proletariat; bourgeois society; crisis; form;
Summary/Abstract: This paper argues that the work of the young Lukács can be read as a wide-ranging mediation on what I am labelling ›the crisis of subjectivism‹. Reading Lukács this way allows us to see important continuities between his pre-Marxist and Marxist period. Most significantly, it allows us to see how positing the proletariat as a ›subject-object‹ of history and developing a crisis diagnosis of bourgeois society, allowed Lukács to bring the fruits of his earlier intellectual labour under conceptual control.
Journal: Zagreber Germanistische Beiträge
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 29
- Page Range: 15-37
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English