Lecture Two Georg Lukacs and the Origin of Western Marxism (Western Marxism, Spring, 2013) One: georg Lukacs: Life and works 1, three stages: That of Pre-Marxism(1885-1918): Neo-Kantianism and Modernism That of Western Marxism(1918-1928): Hegelian Marxism That of Stalinist Marxism(1928-1971): Literary Criticism(critical realism) Question: What are the concrete steps for him to move from Neo-Kantism to Western marxism 2, About his intellectual journey toward marxism A. Modernist art 1911 Soul and Form The correspondence between Neo-Kantism and Modernist Art The decisive problem with both of them The intellectual crisis of Georg Lukacs B, the opposition between the two worlds Max Weber's circle in Heidelberg Aesthetics the crisis again(art as the utopia) 1915, The theory of Novel( first the influence of dostoivsky and Kierkegaard; then the dual influence of Ernst Bloch; and then the impact of the first World War the subversive utopianism C. the dialectical relation between the two worlds The event of the October Revolution( the move to the other world is possible) Revolution and the mediation between the two worlds ("Bolshevism as an Ethical Dilemma”,1918.“ Tactics and ethics.1919 The failure of the revolution in Europe and the marxist dialectic(history and class Consciousness, 1923) 3, His other important works A, During the period of western marxism Blum Theses(1928) B, after the move to Moscow Books about dialectic(Young Hegel, 1938, 1948) Books about Literary Realism (the opposition between realism and bourgeois Two major projects in his late time(Aesthetics, the Ontology of Social Being) Two, the Theory of reification (background question: How could he integrated the resources from both Max Weber and Karl Marx together in his theory of reification? 1, Reification and rationalization(about the principle of labor in the1 Lecture Two Georg Lukacs and the Origin of Western Marxism (Western Marxism, Spring, 2013) One: Georg Lukacs: Life and Works 1, three stages: That of Pre-Marxism (1885-1918): Neo-Kantianism and Modernism That of Western Marxism (1918-1928): Hegelian Marxism That of Stalinist Marxism (1928-1971): Literary Criticism (critical realism) Question: What are the concrete steps for him to move from Neo-Kantism to “Western Marxism”? 2, About his intellectual journey toward Marxism A, Modernist Art 1911 Soul and Form The correspondence between Neo-Kantism and Modernist Art The decisive problem with both of them The intellectual crisis of Georg Lukacs B, the opposition between the two worlds Max Weber’s circle in Heidelberg Aesthetics: the crisis again (art as the utopia) 1915, The theory of Novel ( first the influence of Dostoivsky and Kierkegaard; then the dual influence of Ernst Bloch; and then the impact of the first World War ): the subversive utopianism C, the dialectical relation between the two worlds The event of the October Revolution (the move to the other world is possible) Revolution and the mediation between the two worlds (“Bolshevism as an Ethical Dilemma”, 1918, “Tactics and Ethics”, 1919) The failure of the revolution in Europe and the Marxist Dialectic (History and Class Consciousness, 1923) 3, His other important works A, During the period of western Marxism “Blum Theses” (1928) B, after the move to Moscow Books about dialectic (Young Hegel, 1938, 1948) Books about Literary Realism (the opposition between realism and bourgeois modernism) Two major projects in his late time (Aesthetics, the Ontology of Social Being) Two, the Theory of Reification (background question: How could he integrated the resources from both Max Weber and Karl Marx together in his theory of reification? ) 1, Reification and rationalization (About the principle of labor in the