This anthology presents a series of texts in which major twentieth-century thinkers engage in dialogue with their predecessors.
- Presents a series of texts in which major twentieth-century thinkers engage in dialogue with their predecessors.
- Offers an innovative way into understanding modern critical thought.
- Spans the period from Marx to the present day.
- A conversation of ideas emerges between one generation and the next.
- Editorial material defines key terms and maps out contested terrain.
- Each piece is prefaced by contextualising notes and suggestions for further reading.
Introduction: Criticism and/or Critique.
1. Lukacs on Marx.
George Lukas, 'The Phenomenon of Reification'.
2. Heidegger on Nietzsche.
Martin Heidegger, 'The Eternal Recurrence of the Same and the Will to Power'.
3. Adorno on Freud.
Theodor Adorno, 'Sociology and Psychology'.
4. Merleau-Ponty on Lukacs.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, ' Western Marxism'.
5. Marcuse on Sartre.
Herbert Marcuse, 'Sartre's Existentialism'.
6. Levinas on Husserl.
Emmanuel Levinas, 'Reflections on Phenomenological Technique '.
7. Gadamer on Heidegger.
Hans-Georg Gadamer, Heidegger's Later Philosophy'.
8. Deleuze on Nietzsche and Kant.
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