Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (1970) Winner
György Lukács
ルカーチ・ジョルジ
Lukács György
Aliases:
Georg Lukács / Georg Bernard Lukács / Szegedi Lukács György
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1885-04-13 （Budapest）
- Died
- 1971-06-04 （Budapest） age 86
- Nationality
- Hungarian
- Languages
- Hungarian, German, English
- Religion
- Lutheranism Baptized in 1907 （Baptismal Name: None）
- Residence History
- Budapest → Berlin → Heidelberg → Vienna → Moscow
Career
- Occupations
- philosopher, literary historian, literary critic, aesthetician
- Active Years
- 1906-1971
- Affiliations
- University of Budapest
- Memberships
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Influenced By
- Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Emil Lask, Ernst Bloch
- Influenced
- István Mészáros, Ágnes Heller, György Márkus
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hungarian University of Kolozsvár | — | Economic and Political Sciences | Dr. rer. oec. | 1902-1906 | Hungary |
| University of Berlin | — | Philosophy | — | 1906-1907 | Germany |
| University of Budapest | — | Philosophy | PhD | 1908-1909 | Hungary |
Royal Hungarian University of Kolozsvár
Economic and Political Sciences
Degree:
Dr. rer. oec.
Period:
1902-1906
Year of Graduation:
1906
Country:
Hungary
Doctorate obtained
University of Berlin
Philosophy
Period:
1906-1907
Year of Graduation:
1907
Country:
Germany
Studied under Georg Simmel
University of Budapest
Philosophy
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1908-1909
Year of Graduation:
1909
Country:
Hungary
Thesis: The Main Directions of Drama-Writing in the Last Quarter of the Past Century
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Order of the Red Banner | — | — | Soviet Government | 受賞 |
Order of the Red Banner
1969
Organization:
Soviet Government
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
History and Class Consciousness
1923 Philosophical essaysCollection of essays contributing to debates on Marxism, sociology, politics, and philosophy. Introduces reification and develops class consciousness.
ReificationClass consciousness
Translations
- English translation available
Bibliography
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Luk%C3%A1cs_bibliography
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Defense of realismTheory of the historical novel
- Recurring Motifs
- ReificationClass consciousnessTranscendental homelessness
Legacy
Founder of Western Marxism. Influential literary critic advocating realism against modernism.
Quotes
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Orthodox Marxism does not imply the uncritical acceptance of the results of Marx's investigations. It is not the 'belief' in this or that thesis... orthodoxy refers exclusively to method.
Source: History and Class Consciousness (1923)
Trivia
- Born Bernát György Löwinger, converted from Judaism to Lutheranism.
- People's Commissar for Education in the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
- Minister of Culture in Imre Nagy's 1956 revolutionary government.