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Marxism and Totality: The Adventures of a Concept from Lukacs to Habermas

By Martin Jay

Book information

Year
1986
ISBN
0520057422, 9780520057425
Open Library ID
OL7709093M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (20732107 bytes)
Pages
576\294
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Totality has been an abiding concern from the first generation of Western Marxists, most notably Luk?cs, Korsch, Gramsci, and Bloch, through the second, exemplified by the Frankfurt School, Lefebvre, Goldmann, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and Della Volpe, up to the most recent, typified by Althusser, Colletti, and Habermas. Yet no consensus has been reached concerning the term's multiple meanings--expressive, decentered, longitudinal, latitudinal, normative--or its implications for other theoretical and practical matters. By closely following the adventures of this troublesome but central concept, Marxism & Totality offers an unconventional account of the history of Western Marxism.

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