{"product_id":"lukacs-praxis-and-the-absolute-9781642593426","title":"Lukács: Praxis and the Absolute","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorg Lukács 's philosophy of praxis, penned between 1918 and 1928, remains a revolutionary and apocryphal presence within Marxism. His \u003cem\u003eHistory and Class Consciousness\u003c\/em\u003e has inspired a century of rapture and reprobation, perhaps, as Gillian Rose suggested, because of its 'invitation to hermeneutic anarchy '.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLukács: Praxis and the Absolute\u003c\/em\u003e, Daniel Andrés López radicalises Lukács 's famous return to Hegel by reassembling his 1920s philosophy as a conceptual-historical totality. This speculative reading defends Lukács while proposing an unprecedented, immanent critique. While Lukács 's concept of praxis approaches the shape of Hegel 's Absolute, it tragically fails to bear its weight. However, as López argues, Lukács 's failure was productive: it raises crucial political, methodological and philosophical questions for Marxism, offering to redeem a lost century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1 Prophet of Praxis: Lukács between 1918 and 1929 \u003cbr\u003e2 Lukács and Marxian Philosophy of Praxis \u003cbr\u003e3 Reading Lukács Speculatively \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart One -- Towards a Theory of Praxis\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction to Part One\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 -- From Immediacy to Commodity Fetishism\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1 Immediacy and Method \u003cbr\u003e2 Form and content, Quantity and Quality, the Commodity \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 -- Reification and Totality\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1 Subjective and Objective Reification; Society as Second Nature \u003cbr\u003e2 The Controversy over Reification \u003cbr\u003e3 Fragmentation and Crisis \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3 -- The Standpoint of the Proletariat\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1 The Principle of Labour and the Proletariat as Subject-Object of History \u003cbr\u003e2 In defence of the standpoint of the proletariat \u003cbr\u003e3 The self-consciousness of the commodity \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion to Part One\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two -- From Theory to Praxis\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4 -- Theory In Itself and for the Proletariat\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1 The Contemplative Stance \u003cbr\u003e2 The Ethical Idea of Praxis \u003cbr\u003e3 The Critique of Naturalism \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5 -- The Critique of Ideology\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1 The Standpoint of the Bourgeoisie \u003cbr\u003e2 Sectarian, Reformism and Vulgar Marxism \u003cbr\u003e3 The Actuality of Revolution \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6 -- The Party\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1 The Party as Bearer of Imputed Consciousness \u003cbr\u003e2 The Controversy over Lukács 's Leninism \u003cbr\u003e3 Party and Class \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7 -- Praxis\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1 The Concept of the Proletariat in and for Itself \u003cbr\u003e2 The Actuality of Praxis \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Three -- Praxis and Philosophy\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction to Part Three\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8 -- Lukács 's Critique of Philosophy\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1 The Antinomies of Bourgeois Philosophy \u003cbr\u003e2 Lukács on Hegel and the Absolute \u003cbr\u003e3 Once More on Hegel, via the Young Hegelians \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9 -- Praxis, the Absolute and Philosophy\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1 The Philosophical Critiques of Lukács \u003cbr\u003e1.1 \u003cem\u003eEndless Mediation: Andrew Feenberg\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1.2 \u003cem\u003eLiberal Empiricism: Tom Rockmore\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1.3 \u003cem\u003eShallow Immanent Critique: Richard Kilminster\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1.4 \u003cem\u003eAdorno as Alternative to Lukács: Timothy Hall (with Support from Gillian Rose)\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 The Critique from History \u003cbr\u003e2.1 \u003cem\u003ePraxis as Mediation: Trotsky and the New Left\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2.2 \u003cem\u003ePraxis as Logic: The Elder Lukács\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2.3 \u003cem\u003ePraxis as Genesis: The Baroque Melancholia of Benjamin\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2.4 \u003cem\u003ePraxis as Tragic Theology\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 The Critique from Philosophy \u003cbr\u003e3.1 \u003cem\u003eThe Occluded Political Truth of Praxis\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3.2 \u003cem\u003eWith what Should Philosophy of Praxis End?\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion -- Nihilism or the Virtuous Republic\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliography\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndex\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359875662167,"sku":"9781642593426","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781642593426.jpg?v=1754125980","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lukacs-praxis-and-the-absolute-9781642593426","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}