Why still read Lukács? The place of “philosophical” questions in Marxism

Chris Cutrone Platypus Review 63 | February 2014   The following is based on a presentation given on January 11, 2014 in Chicago. Video recording available online at: <http://youtube.com/watch?v=FyAx32lzC0U>; audio recording at: <http://archive.org/details/cutrone_lukacsteachin011114_201401>. The role of “critical theory” Why read Georg Lukács today?[1] Especially when his most famous work, History and Class Consciousness, is so … Continue reading Why still read Lukács? The place of “philosophical” questions in Marxism