{"product_id":"the-destruction-of-reason-paperback","title":"The Destruction of Reason - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorg Lukacs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEnzo Traverso\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003ePeter Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Western philosophy lost its innocence: from Enlightenment to fascism \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Destruction of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e is Georg Lukács's trenchant criticism of certain strands of philosophy after Marx and the role they played in the rise of National Socialism: 'Germany's path to Hitler in the sphere of philosophy, ' as he put it. Starting with the revolutions of 1848, his analysis spans post-Hegelian philosophy and sociology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe great pessimist Arthur Schopenhauer, neo-Hegelians such as Leopold von Ranke and Wilhelm Dilthey, and the phenomenologists Edmund Husserl, Karl Jaspers, and Jean-Paul Sartre come in for a share of criticism, but the principal targets are Friedrich Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger. Through these thinkers he shows in an unsparing analysis that, with almost no exceptions, the post-Hegelian tradition prepared the ground for fascist thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally published in 1952, the book has been unjustly overlooked despite its centrality in Lukács's work and its being one of the key texts in Western Marxism. This new edition features a historical introduction by Enzo Traverso, addressing the current rise of the far right across the world today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorg Lukács (1885-1971)\u003c\/b\u003e was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic. Most scholars consider him to be the founder of the tradition of Western Marxism. He contributed the ideas of reification and class consciousness to Marxist philosophy and theory, and his literary criticism was influential in thinking about realism and about the novel as a literary genre. He served briefly as Hungary's Minister of Culture following the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnzo Traverso\u003c\/b\u003e is the Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University. His publications include more than ten authored and edited books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Marxists and the Jewish Question, The Jews and Germany, Understanding the Nazi Genocide \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Nazi Violence\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 928\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 9.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768680513824,"sku":"9781839761843","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f134ad0a87feb7582cdc32b347fbc17a.webp?v=1780335118","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-destruction-of-reason-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}