György Lukács and his theory of "Reification"
A response to Lukács's 'Reification' essay
Originally published in the Russian language journal, Under the Banner of Marxism, 10-11 (1924), 23-31.
THE PHILOSOPHICAL INCLINATIONS present among people claiming to be Marxists manifest a haphazardness of speculative philosophizing that must meet their nemesis in the philosophy of dialectical materialism.
The history of human thought, from the dialectical standpoint, is least of all a ground for constructing hypotheses, concocting dubious concepts that bear on their face the imprint of traditional philosophical strivings.
[Read More]