Georg Lukács im 21. Jahrhundert
Georg Lukács is one of the great intellectuals of the 20th century. He witnessed the century’s upheavals and processed these in his philosophy and political theory, in his aesthetics and literature, but also in his political actions. His epochal work History and Class Consciousness is considered to have initially sparked so-called Western Marxism and influenced Critical Theory, philosophy of praxis, and Marxist humanism. With his Theory of the Novel and his development of a Marxist aesthetic, he became a classic of 20th century literary theory.
For the 50th anniversary of his death, the conference seeks to relate the great events and trends in the politics, aesthetics & literature, and philosophy of the 21st century to Lukács’ biography and its turning points—a biography that has spanned the entire ‘short 20th century’ (Hobsbawm) in Lukács’ personal career as well as in its upheavals, disruptions, and tensions.
The conference is divided into three panels: Politics, Elective Affinities, and Aesthetics & Art.
An international panel discusses the history of influence and the current reception in his home country Hungary as well as in two regions in which Lukács’ work has since become immensely influential: China and Brazil.
Finally, there will be two evening lectures by Axel Honneth and Michael Löwy.
A co-operation of the Helle Panke e.V. with the International Georg Lukács Society, the Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, as well as the Prince Charles and the Bechstein Network.
Program
10.00
Welcome
10.15–12.00
1. Panel: Politik. Theorie, Praxis und Revolution
Moderation: Patrick Eiden-Offe
- Frank Engster (Helle Panke e.V.): Das Klassische bei Marx und Lukács: die Schnittstelle von Ökonomie und Politik
- Stefan Bollinger (Helle Panke e.V.): Georg Lukács – ein »organischer Intellektueller«?
- Luise Meier (Berlin): Mit Geschichte und Klassenbewusstsein gegen neoliberale Denkpanzer
12.15–13.30
2. Panel: International Online Panel: Lukács in Ungarn, China und Brasilien
Moderation: Rüdiger Dannemann
- André Brandão (Universidade Federal da Bahia): Die Lukács-Rezeption in Brasilien
- Miklós Mesterházi (Georg-Lukács-Archiv Budapest): Lukács und Ungarn
- Liang Zhang (Nanjing University): Lukács im China des 21. Jahrhunderts
14.30–16.15
Panel 3: Wahlverwandtschaften. Situationistische Internationale, Frankfurter Schule und 68er Studentenbewegung
Moderation: Frank Engster
- Rüdiger Dannemann (International Georg Lukács Society): Georg Lukács, die Frankfurter Schule und die Geschichte der marxistischen Philosophie (Umwege und Paradoxien der Rezeption)
- Eric-John Russell (University of Paris 8): Spectacular Contemplation: Lukács Einfluss auf die Situationistische Internationale
- Dimitra Alifieraki (Berlin/Athens): Die Lukács-Rezeption in der deutschen 68er Bewegung
16.45–18.00
Panel 4: Ästhetik und Literatur. Kunst und Verbrechen
Moderation: Patrick Eiden-Offe
- Philipp Weber (Ruhr-Universität Bochum): Dialektik des Verbrechers. Lukács’ Zweite Ethik und Der junge Hegel
- Kristin Bönicke (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): Die Besonderheit als Zentralkategorie von Georg Lukács' später Ästhetik
- Jette Gindner (Yale University): Was ist realistische Gegenwartsliteratur?
- Christine Magerski (University of Zagreb): Faszination Gestaltung. Georg Lukács und der Wille zur Form
19.00–21.00
Evening lectures
Moderation: Rüdiger Dannemann
- Axel Honneth (Columbia University): Lukács’ Gratwanderung zwischen philosophischem Argument und parteilichem Engagement
- Michael Löwy (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique / École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales Paris): Lukács on Hölderlin and Thermidor
