Richard Westerman
Biographic Data
| ID | 501306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Westerman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Westerman |
| SIGNATURE | WESTERMAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8635-3928 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Le Parti de Lukács et la praxis sociale
Les textes fondateurs de la Théorie critique, Histoire et Conscience de classe de Lukács et Marxisme et philosophie de Karl Korsch, étaient le produit d’une crise dans le marxisme européen. Publiés tous les deux en 1923, ils représentaient une réponse aux révolutions réussies et échouées : alors que les bolchéviques avaient pris le contrôle de la Russie en dépit de son sous-développement, les gouvernements communistes en Hongrie et en Allemagne a…
Lukács in the 1920s and the 2020s: The practice and praxis of intellectual history
This article examines different intellectual-historical approaches to the work of Georg Lukács, arguing that a methodology similar to that of the Cambridge School is, curiously, that most in line with Lukács's own approach. I begin with some general methodological comments on intellectual history, before showing that a proper appreciation of the discourses within which Lukács was situated is essential to understanding both the specifics and the o…
Lukács’s Phenomenology of Capitalism: Reification Revalued
Intentionality and the Aesthetic Attitude
Journal Article Intentionality and the Aesthetic Attitude Get access Richard Westerman Richard Westerman University of Alberta [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8635-3928 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 58, Issue 3, July 2018, Pages 287–302, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayy010 Published: 21 May 2018
Spectator and Society
Interpretations of Georg Lukács's theory of reification and consciousness have typically assumed that Lukács relies on an essentialized notion of subjectivity that can be restored by dereification. This article argues instead that he treats subjectivity as a formally defined position within the totality of consciousness, an account of consciousness that closely parallels Alois Riegl's theory of the spectator as a formally defined component of wor…
From Myshkin to Marxism: The Role of Dostoevsky Reception in Lukács's Revolutionary Ethics
For European literati of the early twentieth century, Fyodor Dostoevsky represented a mythically Russian spirituality in contrast to a soulless, rationalized West. One such enthusiast was Georg Lukács, who in 1915 began a never-completed book about Dostoevsky's work, a model of spiritual community that could redeem a fallen world. Though framing his analysis in the language and themes of broader Dostoevsky reception, Lukács used this idiom innova…
Meaning, memory and identity: The Western Marxists’ hermeneutic subject
The irrational act: Traces of Kierkegaard in Lukács’s revolutionary subject
Weber's Social Space of Reasons
The Reification of Consciousness: Husserl's Phenomenology in Lukács's Identical Subject-Object
Georg Lukács's concept of reification is celebrated for its account of how capitalist society affects individual subjectivity. However, even its admirers have rejected the way that Lukács uses this idea to argue that the proletariat can develop a revolutionary class consciousness out of reification: they argue that he relies too much on flawed Romantic models of subjectivity. In contrast, I outline a phenomenological reading of Lukács's theory, c…
Intentionality and the Aesthetic Attitude
Journal Article Intentionality and the Aesthetic Attitude Get access Richard Westerman Richard Westerman University of Alberta [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8635-3928 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 58, Issue 3, July 2018, Pages 287–302, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayy010 Published: 21 May 2018
From Myshkin to Marxism: The Role of Dostoevsky Reception in Lukács's Revolutionary Ethics
For European literati of the early twentieth century, Fyodor Dostoevsky represented a mythically Russian spirituality in contrast to a soulless, rationalized West. One such enthusiast was Georg Lukács, who in 1915 began a never-completed book about Dostoevsky's work, a model of spiritual community that could redeem a fallen world. Though framing his analysis in the language and themes of broader Dostoevsky reception, Lukács used this idiom innova…
The irrational act: Traces of Kierkegaard in Lukács’s revolutionary subject
The Reification of Consciousness: Husserl's Phenomenology in Lukács's Identical Subject-Object
Georg Lukács's concept of reification is celebrated for its account of how capitalist society affects individual subjectivity. However, even its admirers have rejected the way that Lukács uses this idea to argue that the proletariat can develop a revolutionary class consciousness out of reification: they argue that he relies too much on flawed Romantic models of subjectivity. In contrast, I outline a phenomenological reading of Lukács's theory, c…
Weber's Social Space of Reasons
The irrational act: Traces of Kierkegaard in Lukács’s revolutionary subject
Meaning, memory and identity: The Western Marxists’ hermeneutic subject
From Myshkin to Marxism: The Role of Dostoevsky Reception in Lukács's Revolutionary Ethics
For European literati of the early twentieth century, Fyodor Dostoevsky represented a mythically Russian spirituality in contrast to a soulless, rationalized West. One such enthusiast was Georg Lukács, who in 1915 began a never-completed book about Dostoevsky's work, a model of spiritual community that could redeem a fallen world. Though framing his analysis in the language and themes of broader Dostoevsky reception, Lukács used this idiom innova…
Intentionality and the Aesthetic Attitude
Journal Article Intentionality and the Aesthetic Attitude Get access Richard Westerman Richard Westerman University of Alberta [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8635-3928 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 58, Issue 3, July 2018, Pages 287–302, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayy010 Published: 21 May 2018
Spectator and Society
Interpretations of Georg Lukács's theory of reification and consciousness have typically assumed that Lukács relies on an essentialized notion of subjectivity that can be restored by dereification. This article argues instead that he treats subjectivity as a formally defined position within the totality of consciousness, an account of consciousness that closely parallels Alois Riegl's theory of the spectator as a formally defined component of wor…
Lukács’s Phenomenology of Capitalism: Reification Revalued
Lukács in the 1920s and the 2020s: The practice and praxis of intellectual history
This article examines different intellectual-historical approaches to the work of Georg Lukács, arguing that a methodology similar to that of the Cambridge School is, curiously, that most in line with Lukács's own approach. I begin with some general methodological comments on intellectual history, before showing that a proper appreciation of the discourses within which Lukács was situated is essential to understanding both the specifics and the o…
Le Parti de Lukács et la praxis sociale
Les textes fondateurs de la Théorie critique, Histoire et Conscience de classe de Lukács et Marxisme et philosophie de Karl Korsch, étaient le produit d’une crise dans le marxisme européen. Publiés tous les deux en 1923, ils représentaient une réponse aux révolutions réussies et échouées : alors que les bolchéviques avaient pris le contrôle de la Russie en dépit de son sous-développement, les gouvernements communistes en Hongrie et en Allemagne a…
Philosophy (10 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Consciousness (6 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works)