Revisiting Lukács' theory of realism. (August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tihanov, Galin
• Is Part Of: Thesis eleven. Volume 159:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 57
• Page End: 63
• Publication Date: 2020-08
• Subjects: artistic method -- genre -- Georg Lukács -- Marxist theories of realism; Social sciences -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; 301
• DOI: 10.1177/0725513620945557
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0725-5136

Abstract

This paper focuses on Georg Lukács, for it is in his work, and the attendant debates and disagreements, that an entire constellation of questions around Realism is first compellingly formulated. The purpose of the paper is to revisit Lukács' theory of realism as a response to a host of mainstream currents shaping the landscape of Continental philosophy in the first three decades of the 20th century. Particular attention is paid to the problem of form and truth at the core of Lukács' theory of realism.