This text re-issues an important work by Lucien Goldmann, first published in 1977, which focuses upon two of the 20th century's most important philosophers, Gyorgy Lukacs and Martin Heidegger."
This text re-issues an important work by Lucien Goldmann, first published in 1977, which focuses upon two of the 20th century's most important philoso...
A work that is based on the author's university lectures from 1967-8. It focuses upon two of the twentieth century's most important philosophers, Gyorgy Lukacs and Martin Heidegger, demonstrating the origins of existentialist thought in the implicit connection between the two.
A work that is based on the author's university lectures from 1967-8. It focuses upon two of the twentieth century's most important philosophers, Gyor...
Immanuel Kant was a philosopher at the end of the 18th century Enlightenment. Kant's magnum opus, the Critique of Pure Reason, aimed to unite reason with experience to move beyond what he took to be failures of traditional philosophy and metaphysics. Kant's influence on Western thought has been profound. Over and above his influence on specific thinkers, Kant changed the framework within which philosophical inquiry has been carried out. He is seen as a major figure in the history and development of philosophy, and his influence still inspires philosophical work today. Over the years Lucien...
Immanuel Kant was a philosopher at the end of the 18th century Enlightenment. Kant's magnum opus, the Critique of Pure Reason, aimed to unite reason w...
This text re-issues an important work by Lucien Goldmann, based on his university lectures from 1967-8, and first published in English in 1977. It focusses upon two of the twentieth century's most important philosophers, György Lukács and Martin Heidegger, demonstrating the origins of of existenialist thought in the implicit connection between the two. This book represents the application of methodology already developped in The Hidden God and also sees Goldmann elaborating the differences between himself and Lukács for the sake of defining...
This text re-issues an important work by Lucien Goldmann, based on his university lectures from 1967-8, and first published in English in...
In this reissue, originally published in English in 1973, French philosopher Lucien Goldmann turns his attention to the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, the great age of liberalism and individualism and analyses the ‘mental structures’ of the outlook of the philosophes, who showed that the ancien regime and the privileges of the Church were irrational anachronisms.
In assessing the strengths and limitations of individualism, Goldmann considers the achievements and limitations of the Enlightenment. He discusses the views of Hegel and Marx and...
In this reissue, originally published in English in 1973, French philosopher Lucien Goldmann turns his attention to the Enlightenment of the eighte...
