Georg Luk當s's Philosophy of Praxis: From Neo-Kantianism to Marxism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350155282)

Georg Luk當s' early Marxist philosophy of the 1920s laid the foundations of Critical Theory. However the evaluation of Luk當s' philosophical contribution has been largely determined by one-sided readings of eminent theorists like Adorno, Habermas, Honneth or even Luk當s himself. This book offers a new reconstruction of Luk當s' early Marxist work, capable of restoring its dialectical complexity by highlighting its roots in his neo-Kantian, 'pre-Marxist' period.

In his pre-Marxist work Luk當s sought to articulate a critique of formalism from the standpoint of a dubious mystical ethics of revolutionary praxis. Consequently, Luk當s discovered a more coherent and realistic answer to his philosophical dilemmas in Marxism. At the same time, he retained his neo-Kantian reservations about idealist dialectics. In his reading of historical materialism he combined non-idealist, non-systematic historical dialectics with an emphasis on conscious, collective, transformative praxis. Reformulated in this way Luk當s' classical argument plays a central role within a radical Critical Theory.

Author: Konstantinos Kavoulakos
ISBN-10: 1350155284
ISBN-13: 9781350155282
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2020
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d