The Destruction of Reason
by
Georg Lukacs
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1839761849
ISBN-13
9781839761843
Publisher
Verso Books
Imprint
Verso Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 31st, 2021
Print length
928 Pages
Weight
1,134 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 23.50 x 5.50 cms
Product Classification:
Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralismMarxism & Communism
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A classic work of Western Marxism, now back in print.
A classic of Western Marxism, <i>The Destruction of Reason</i> is Georg Lukács's trenchant criticism of German philosophy after Marx and the role it played in the rise of National Socialism. Originally p<b>ublished in</b> 1952, the book is a sustained and detailed polemic against post-Hegelian German philosophy and sociology from Kierkegaard to Heidegger. <i>The Destruction of Reason</i> is unsparing in its contention that with almost no exceptions, the post-Hegelian tradition prepared the ground fascist thought. In this, the main culprits are Friedrich Nietzsche and Martín Heidegger who are accused, in turn, of introducing irrationalism into social and philosophical thought, pronounced antagonism to the idea of progress in history, an aristocratic view of the "masses," and, consequently, hostility to socialism, which in its classic expressions are movements for popular democracy—especially, but not exclusively, the expropriation of most private property in terms of material production.<br><br>The Destruction of Reason remains one of Lukács's most controversial, albeit little read, books. This new edition, featuring an historical introduction by Enzo Traverso, will finally see this classic come back in to print.
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