Marxism And Totality The Adventures of a Concept from Lukacs to Habermas

Totality has been an abiding concern from the first generation of Western Marxists, most notably LukÁcs, Korsch, Gramsci, and Bloch, through the second, exemplified by the Frankfurt School, Lefebvre, Goldmann, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and Della Volpe, up to the most recent, typified by Althusser, Colletti, and Habermas. Yet no consensus has been reached concerning the term's multiple meanings--expressive, decentered, longitudinal, latitudinal, normative--or its implications for other theoretical and practical matters. By closely following the adventures of this troublesome but central concept,Marxism & Totalityoffers an unconventional account of the history of Western Marxism.Jay, Martin is the author of 'Marxism And Totality The Adventures of a Concept from Lukacs to Habermas', published 1986 under ISBN 9780520057425 and ISBN 0520057422.