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Reification: A New Look at an Old Idea
Axel Honneth
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Paperback. In these original and imaginative essays, delivered as the Tanner Lectures at the University of California, Berkeley in 2005, the philosopher Axel Honneth attempts to rescue the concept of reification by recasting it in terms of the philosophy of recognition he has been developing over the past two decades. Editor(s): Jay, Martin. Series: The Berkeley Tanner Lectures. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; HPS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
In the early 20th century, Marxist theory was enriched and rejuvenated by adopting the concept of reification, introduced by the Hungarian theorist Georg Lukács to identify and denounce the transformation of historical processes into ahistorical entities, human actions into things that seemed part of an immutable "second nature." For a variety of reasons, both theoretical and practical, the hopes placed in de-reification as a tool of revolutionary emancipation proved vain. In these original and imaginative essays, delivered as the Tanner Lectures at the University of California, Berkeley in 2005, the distinguished third-generation Frankfurt School philosopher Axel Honneth attempts to rescue ... Read more
In the early 20th century, Marxist theory was enriched and rejuvenated by adopting the concept of reification, introduced by the Hungarian theorist Georg Lukács to identify and denounce the transformation of historical processes into ahistorical entities, human actions into things that seemed part of an immutable "second nature." For a variety of reasons, both theoretical and practical, the hopes placed in de-reification as a tool of revolutionary emancipation proved vain. In these original and imaginative essays, delivered as the Tanner Lectures at the University of California, Berkeley in 2005, the distinguished third-generation Frankfurt School philosopher Axel Honneth attempts to rescue ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
182
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
The Berkeley Tanner Lectures
Condition
New
Weight
229g
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199898053
SKU
V9780199898053
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Ref
99-42
About Axel Honneth
Axel Honneth is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institut für Sozialforschung, University of Frankfurt, Germany
Reviews for Reification: A New Look at an Old Idea
These lectures are continually engaging, thought provoking, and - rare blessing - a pleasure to read. Without doubt they will stimulate lively discussion of these important issues
Sean Sayers, Mind
Sean Sayers, Mind