Rationalism of Georg Lukács

János Kelemen is Professor of Philosophy at the University ELTE Budapest, Hungary. He is also a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and a former director of the Hungarian Academy in Rome, Italy. He has published numerous books and essays on philosophical problems, Italian literary history, and individual authors.

• I. 'To Supervise the Existence of Reason' 1. Introdcution: Language, Science, Reason 2. Lukács's Ideas on Language 3. Lukács's Conception of Science 4. Lukács's Rationalism: In Defence of the Destruction of Reason II. Problems of Literary History and Aesthetics 5. Art's Struggle for Freedom: Lukács the Literary Historian 6. Lukács and Fülep: Two Hungarian Critics of Benedetto Croce 7. Lukács and the Art of Film: On a Chapter of the Specificity of the Aesthetic

"Georg Lukács is one of the highly controversial towering thinkers of the 20th century. János Kelemen's book presents a deep insight into the main theoretical aspects of Lukács's work . It is also a significant contribution to the still-missing assessment of the philosophical debates triggered by the political left within post-metaphysical philosophy." - Agnes Heller Professor Emeritus, The New School for Social Research, USA