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Critical Theories and the Budapest School brings together new
perspectives on the Budapest School in the context of contemporary
developments in critical theory. Engaging with the work of the
prominent group of figures associated with Georg Lukacs, this book
sheds new light on the unique and nuanced critiques of modernity
offered by this school, informed as its members' insights have been
by first-hand experiences of Nazism, Soviet-type societies, and the
liberal-democratic West. With studies of topics central to
contemporary critical theory, such as the political and historical
consciousness of modernity, the importance of bio-politics, the
complexity of the human condition, and the relevance of comedy and
friendship to developing critical perspectives, the authors draw on
the works of Agnes Heller, Maria Markus, Gyoergy Markus, and Ferenc
Feher, demonstrating their enduring relevance to critical theory
today and the ways in which these philosophers can inform new
perspectives on culture and politics. An innovative reassessment of
the Budapest School and the importance of its legacy, this book
opens a much-needed and neglected dialogue with other schools and
traditions of critical theorizing that will be of interest to
scholars of sociology, philosophy, and social theory.
Critical Theories and the Budapest School brings together new
perspectives on the Budapest School in the context of contemporary
developments in critical theory. Engaging with the work of the
prominent group of figures associated with Georg Lukacs, this book
sheds new light on the unique and nuanced critiques of modernity
offered by this school, informed as its members' insights have been
by first-hand experiences of Nazism, Soviet-type societies, and the
liberal-democratic West. With studies of topics central to
contemporary critical theory, such as the political and historical
consciousness of modernity, the importance of bio-politics, the
complexity of the human condition, and the relevance of comedy and
friendship to developing critical perspectives, the authors draw on
the works of Agnes Heller, Maria Markus, Gyoergy Markus, and Ferenc
Feher, demonstrating their enduring relevance to critical theory
today and the ways in which these philosophers can inform new
perspectives on culture and politics. An innovative reassessment of
the Budapest School and the importance of its legacy, this book
opens a much-needed and neglected dialogue with other schools and
traditions of critical theorizing that will be of interest to
scholars of sociology, philosophy, and social theory.
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