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This book examines the heritage of critical theory from the Hungarian Marxist philosopher Georg Lukacs through the early Frankfurt School up to current issues of authoritarian politics and democratisation. Interweaving discussion of art and literature, utopian thought, and the dialectics of high art and mass culture, it offers unique perspectives on an interconnected group of left-wing intellectuals who sought to understand and resist their society's systemic impoverishment of thought and experience. Starting from Lukacs's reflections on art, utopia, and historical action, it progresses to the Frankfurt School philosopher Theodor W. Adorno's analyses of music, media, avant-garde and kitsch. It concludes with discussions of erotic utopia, authoritarianism, postsocialism, and organised deceit in show trials topics in which the legacy of Lukacs and Frankfurt School critical theory continues to be relevant today.
Contents
Acknowledgements
IntroductionChapter 1: Georg Lukács and Critical Theory: The Long Goodbye
Georg LukácsChapter 2: Matthew, Mark, Lukács, and Bloch: From Aesthetic Utopianism to Religious Messianism Chapter 3: Lukács's Theatres of History: Drama, Action, and Historical AgencyChapter 4: The Non-Contemporaneity of Lukács and Lukács: Cold War Contradictions and the Aesthetics of Visual Art
Theodor W. Adorno Chapter 5: Adorno and/or Avantgarde: Looking Back at SurrealismChapter 6: Avantgarde and Kitsch, or, Teddy the Musical!Chapter 7: Remediating Opera: Media and Musical Drama in Adorno and Kluge
Critical TheoryChapter 8: Perversion and Utopia: Sade, Fourier, and Critical TheoryChapter 9: Interdisciplinary Legacies: Critical Theory and Authoritarian CultureChapter 10: Prophecies of Mass Deception: Dewey, Trotsky, and the Moscow Show-Trials
ConclusionChapter 11: Tell-Trials, or, Gyuri the Radio-Play
