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Ideologies / Orthodox Marxist / György Lukács
György Lukács — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1885–1971 · Hungary · Philosopher

György Lukács

History and class consciousness

Marxism as a philosophy of totality.

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The philosopher whose 'History and Class Consciousness' revived the Hegelian, humanist core of Marxism and founded Western Marxist philosophy.

social

Modernist progressive and literary theorist.

economic

Orthodox common ownership grounded in Hegelian dialectics.

governance

Wrestled across a lifetime with party, reform and democracy.

Notable for
  • 'History and Class Consciousness'
  • Theory of reification
  • Marxist aesthetics
dialecticsreificationtotality
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Max Horkheimer
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