Critical Theories and the Budapest School

This book sheds new light on the unique critiques of modernity offered by the school of thinkers associated with Georg Lukács, informed as its members’ insights have been by first-hand experiences of Nazism, Soviet socialism and the liberal-democratic West. Presenting studies of topics central to contemporary critical theory, authors draw on the works of Heller, Márkus and Fehér, demonstrating their enduring relevance to critical theory and the ways in which their thought can inform new perspectives on culture and politics.