Praxis and Method (RLE: Gramsci)

Name: Praxis and Method (RLE: Gramsci)
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Praxis and Method (RLE: Gramsci)\nPlease note: \nthis item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days).\n\nA Sociological Dialogue with Lukacs, Gramsci and the Early Frankfurt School\nAuthor(s): Richard Kilminster\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138015388, 978-1138015388\nSynopsis\nThis sociological critique of the philosophy of praxis looks at the importance of the concept in the social theory of leading influential Western Marxists such as Lukcs, Gramsci, Korsch, Horkheimer, Marcuse and Adorno in the inter-war period. It offers a detailed critique of Marx and Hegel, and explores the validity and implications for sociology of two of Marxs ideas which the later theorists made the centre piece of their social theory: first, that true theory is authenticated by praxis, and second, its corollary that certain major social transformations should and would i.