Georg Lukács and Critical Theory : : Aesthetics, History, Utopia /

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

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"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 h...

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

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