Season 6 Episode 29: Lukacs and the Destruction of Reason

Matt McManus and Daniel Tutt join Ben Burgis to talk about Marxist theoretician Georg Lukács's analysis of right-wing thought in his book, "The Destruction of Reason."

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Read Daniel's article on Lukács:

https://cosmonautmag.com/2022/02/the-question-of-worldview-and-class-struggle-in-philosophy-on-the-relevance-of-lukacss-worldview-marxism-and-the-destruction-of-reason/

Read Matt's article on Lukács:

https://jacobin.com/2023/09/georg-lukacs-irrationalism-right-wing-thought-philosophy

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