Georg Lukács and Critical Theory : : Aesthetics, History, Utopia / / Tyrus Miller.

• VerfasserIn: Miller, Tyrus,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 269 pages)

"This book examines the heritage of critical theory from the Hungarian Marxist philosopher Georg Lukács through the early Frankfurt School up to current issues of authoritarian politics and democratisation. Interweaving discussion of art and literature, utopian thought, and the dialectics of high art and mass culture, it offers unique perspectives on an interconnected group of left-wing intellectuals who sought to understand and resist their society's systemic impoverishment of thought and experience. Starting from Lukács's reflections on art, utopia, and historical action, it progresses to the Frankfurt School philosopher Theodor W. Adorno's analyses of music, media, avant-garde and kitsch. It concludes with discussions of erotic utopia, authoritarianism, postsocialism, and organised deceit in show trials - topics in which the legacy of Lukács and Frankfurt. School critical theory continues to be relevant today"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Georg Lukács and Critical Theory: The Long Goodbye -- PART I GEORG LUKÁCS -- Chapter 2 Matthew, Mark, Lukács, and Bloch: From Aesthetic Utopianism to Religious Messianism -- Chapter 3 Lukács's Theatres of History: Drama, Action, and Historical Agency -- Chapter 4 The Non-Contemporaneity of Lukács and Lukács: Cold War Contradictions and the Aesthetics of Visual Art -- PART II THEODOR W. ADORNO -- Chapter 5 Adorno and/or Avant-Garde: Looking Back at Surrealism -- Chapter 6 Avant-Garde and Kitsch, or, Teddy the Musical! -- Chapter 7 Remediating Opera: Media and Musical Drama in Adorno and Kluge -- PART III CRITICAL THEORY -- Chapter 8 Perversion and Utopia: Sade, Fourier, and Critical Theory -- Chapter 9 Interdisciplinary Legacies: Critical Theory and Authoritarian Culture -- Chapter 10 Prophecies of Mass Deception: Dewey, Trotsky, and the Moscow Show Trials -- Chapter 11 Tell-Trials, or, Gyuri the Radio Play -- Index.