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The Destruction Of Reason
Paperback Edition: 1
A classic of Western Marxism, The Destruction of Reason is Georg Lukacs's trenchant criticism of German philosophy after Marx and the role it played in the rise of National Socialism. Originally published in 1952, the book is a sustained and detailed polemic against post-Hegelian German philosophy and sociology from Kierkegaard to Heidegger. The Destruction of Reason is unsparing in its contention that with almost no exceptions, the post-Hegelian tradition prepared the ground fascist thought. In this, the main culprits are Friedrich Nietzsche and Martan Heidegger who are accused, in turn, of introducing irrationalism into social and philosophical thought, pronounced antagonism to the idea of progress in history, an aristocratic view of the "masses," and, consequently, hostility to socialism, which in its classic expressions are movements for popular democracy especially, but not exclusively, the expropriation of most private property in terms of material production.
The Destruction of Reason remains one of Lukacs's most controversial, albeit little read, books.
Pages : 896
Publisher : Verso Books
Publication date : 2021-09-28
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Philosophy, Politics, Social & Political Philosophy, Marxism & Communism