
Capitalism and Class Consciousness
The Ideas of Georg Lukacs
Chris Nineham(Author)
counterfire (Publisher)
Published on 1. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-907899-01-0 (ISBN)
Description
Georg Lukacs was the great theorist of revolution in the 20th century. In the process of explaining the principles of the Russian revolution he provided answers to some vital questions: How do capitalist ideas maintain a hold on our consciousness? In what circumstances do people become radicalised? And how can socialists build genuinely mass revolutionary movements?Lukacs' revolutionary ideas of the 1920s were suppressed by Stalin, and have been marginalised in academia and ignored even by many on the left. They have lived an underground existence, re-emerging whenever fundamental change is being discussed. This book introduces his ideas and argues they are vital in our world of crisis and war.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 110 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-907899-01-0 (9781907899010)
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Chris Nineham was one of the organisers of Globalise Resistance and is a founder member and national organiser of the Stop the War Coalition. He has written on anti-capitalism, imperialism and the media. He is on the Editorial Board of Counterfire and is currently researching on the media and the anti-war movement.