ABSTRACT
In this work, originally published in 1989, the author establishes a tradition of radical historicism from Hegel to the Budapenst School. He charts both its continuous evolution from the early 19th century to the late 20thh, and its transformation in the context of European social, economic and cultural change. Through a reappraisal of historical interpretation from Hegel to Foucault, the book demonstrates the contemporary relevance of radical historicism. It includes detailed analyses of Marx, Dilthey, Simmel, Weber, Lukácks, Horkheimer, Adorno and Habermas.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |7 pages
Introduction
part |55 pages
Birth of the emancipatory, historicist concept of totality
chapter |26 pages
Hegel: between metaphysics and history
chapter |27 pages
Marx: from history to praxis
part |60 pages
The retreat into the antonomies of cultural pessimism
chapter |28 pages
The pre-Marxist Lukács: the longing for totality
part |55 pages
The irruption of history
chapter |25 pages
The Marxist Lukács: ‘totality' – principle of revolution
part |35 pages
The anti-humanist challenge to radical historicism