Lukcs After Communism

Since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the validity of Marxism and Marxist theory has undergone intense scrutiny both within and outside the academy. In Lukcs After Communism, Eva L. Corredor conducts ten lively and engaging interviews with a diverse group of international scholars to address the continued relevance of Gyrgy Lukcss theories to the post-communist era. Corredor challenges these theoreticians, who each have been influenced by the man once considered the foremost theoretician of Marxist aesthetics, to reconsider the Lukcsean legacy and to speculate on Marxist theorys prospects in the coming decades. The scholars featured in this collectionEtienne Balibar, Peter Brger, Terry Eagleton, Fredric Jameson, Jacques Leenhardt, Michael Lwy, Roberto Schwarz, George Steiner, Susan Suleiman, and Cornel Westdiscuss a broad array of literary and political topics and present provocative views on gender, race, and economic relations. Corredors introduction provides a biographical synopsis of Lukcs and discusses a number of his most important theoretical concepts. Maintaining the ongoing vitality of Lukcss work, these interviews yield insights into Lukcs as a philosopher and theorist, while offering anecdotes that capture him in his role as a teacher-mentor.