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4 Socialist humanism and Toward the Ontology of Social Being/Zur Ontologie des gesellschaftslichen Seins

Abstract

This chapter discusses the political commentaries of Georg Lukács on the subject of socialist renewal. Lukács argued for the establishment of a humanist-socialist society within the existing communist system in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. His work, Toward the Ontology of Social Being (1971–73) marks his revisionist philosophical attempt to return to the classical roots of Marxism.

Abstract

This chapter discusses the political commentaries of Georg Lukács on the subject of socialist renewal. Lukács argued for the establishment of a humanist-socialist society within the existing communist system in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. His work, Toward the Ontology of Social Being (1971–73) marks his revisionist philosophical attempt to return to the classical roots of Marxism.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface vi
  4. Part I An analysis of Lukács’ writings on film
  5. 1 The early aesthetic and ‘Thoughts Towards an Aesthetic of the Cinema’/‘Gedanken zu einer Ästhetic des Kino’ 3
  6. 2 Narrate or describe? Lukács’ literary ‘typology’ 36
  7. 3 Lukács’ late aesthetic and film theory 69
  8. 4 Socialist humanism and Toward the Ontology of Social Being/Zur Ontologie des gesellschaftslichen Seins 105
  9. 5 The film journal interviews and other writings 128
  10. 6 Conclusions 164
  11. Part I An analysis of Lukács’ writings on film
  12. 7 ‘Thoughts Towards an Aesthetic of the Cinema’ 181
  13. 8 ‘Film’ 187
  14. 9 ‘On Aesthetic Issues of the Cinema’ 218
  15. 10 ‘Blue Devil or Yellow Devil?’ 231
  16. 11 ‘Cultural Manipulation and the Tasks of Critics’ 237
  17. 12 ‘Film, Ideology and the Cult of Personality’ 242
  18. 13 ‘Technique, Content, and Problems of Language’ 244
  19. 14 ‘Expression of Thought in Film’ 256
  20. 15 ‘Revolution and Psychology of Everyday Life’ 263
  21. Bibliography 269
  22. Index 279
Lukácsian film theory and cinema
This chapter is in the book Lukácsian film theory and cinema
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526129642.00008

Chapters in this book

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface vi
  4. Part I An analysis of Lukács’ writings on film
  5. 1 The early aesthetic and ‘Thoughts Towards an Aesthetic of the Cinema’/‘Gedanken zu einer Ästhetic des Kino’ 3
  6. 2 Narrate or describe? Lukács’ literary ‘typology’ 36
  7. 3 Lukács’ late aesthetic and film theory 69
  8. 4 Socialist humanism and Toward the Ontology of Social Being/Zur Ontologie des gesellschaftslichen Seins 105
  9. 5 The film journal interviews and other writings 128
  10. 6 Conclusions 164
  11. Part I An analysis of Lukács’ writings on film
  12. 7 ‘Thoughts Towards an Aesthetic of the Cinema’ 181
  13. 8 ‘Film’ 187
  14. 9 ‘On Aesthetic Issues of the Cinema’ 218
  15. 10 ‘Blue Devil or Yellow Devil?’ 231
  16. 11 ‘Cultural Manipulation and the Tasks of Critics’ 237
  17. 12 ‘Film, Ideology and the Cult of Personality’ 242
  18. 13 ‘Technique, Content, and Problems of Language’ 244
  19. 14 ‘Expression of Thought in Film’ 256
  20. 15 ‘Revolution and Psychology of Everyday Life’ 263
  21. Bibliography 269
  22. Index 279
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