Lichtheim, George.

The Concept of Ideology [The Revolutionary Heritage / The Hegelian Tradition / From Hegel to Marx / From Metaphysics to Positivism / The Romantic Revolt / The Sociology of Knowledge / [George] Lukacs and [Karl] Mannheim / The Problem of Consciousness].

Mouton & Co., 1965. 8°. 31 pages. Original stapled offprint. Offprint from “History and Theory”. Inscribed and signed in full by George Lichtheim on the cover.

Substantial Essay, referencing Comte, Max Weber, Georg Lukacs, Karl Mannheim etc. with chapters like:

1. The Revolutionary Heritage
[referencing the history of the term “ideology”, being already used at the time of the French Revolution by Antoine Destutt de Tracy, “being one of the group of savants whom the Convention in 1795 entrusted with the management of the newly founded ‘Institut de France’″

2. The Hegelian Tradition
3. From Hegel to Marx
4. From Metaphysics to Positivism
5. The Romantic Revolt
6. The Sociology of Knowledge

George Lichtheim (1912-1973) was a German-born intellectual whose works focused on the history and theory of socialism and Marxism. He defined himself as a socialist and stated in a 1964 letter to the New York Review of Books that “I am not a liberal and never have been. I find liberalism almost as boring as communism and have no wish to be drawn into an argument over which of these two antiquated creeds is less likely to advance us any further.″

His work appeared in the Palestine Post, Commentary, Partisan Review, Dissent, the New Leader, Encounter, the Times Literary Supplement and the New York Review of Books. Additionally, he translated Gershom Scholem’s Main Currents in Jewish Mysticism. His death was by suicide. (Source: Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Catalogue No.8 – Judaica Collection · Catalogue Twelve – Philosophy · Exil · Exile · Jewish Philosophers in Exile · Judaica – Collection · Judaica – Rare · Pamphlets Collection – Harvard · Philosophy Rare · Social Theory · Sociology – Rare · Sociology in Exile
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 17671AB

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