The Destruction of Reason
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The Destruction of Reason is a major philosophical work by György Lukács that offers a Marxist critique of irrationalist currents in modern Western philosophy and their relation to fascism.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Destruction of Reason canonical | 3 |
| Die Zerstörung der Vernunft | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
defend rationalism from a Marxist standpoint
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trace the ideological roots of fascism in bourgeois philosophy ⓘ |
| author | György Lukács ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary ⓘ |
| criticizes |
existentialism
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fascist ideology ⓘ irrationalism in modern philosophy ⓘ neo-Kantianism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ positivism ⓘ vitalism ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist philosophy
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history of philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of Friedrich Nietzsche
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analysis of German idealism ⓘ analysis of Martin Heidegger ⓘ analysis of Oswald Spengler ⓘ analysis of Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ analysis of irrationalist trends in 19th-century philosophy ⓘ analysis of irrationalist trends in 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English translation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Engels
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G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Karl Marx ⓘ Leninist theory ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Marxist critique
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Western philosophy ⓘ fascism ⓘ irrationalism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
critique of bourgeois philosophy as ideologically regressive
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systematic linkage of irrationalist philosophy to fascist politics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Destruction of Reason
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Die Zerstörung der Vernunft
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| philosophicalPerspective | orthodox Marxist ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Marxism
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Western Marxism ⓘ |
| positionOnFascism | interprets fascism as culmination of bourgeois irrationalism ⓘ |
| positionOnReason | defends Enlightenment rationality ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| publisher | Akademie-Verlag ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
debates in Marxist philosophy
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scholarly criticism for its polemical style ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
dialectical materialism
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historical materialism ⓘ |
| title | The Destruction of Reason self-link ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Die Zerstörung der Vernunft