Tactics and Ethics, 1919-1929

Georg Lukacs, the founder of Western Marxism, is best known for his classic philosophical work History and Class Consciousness, but he was also an active political figure in his native Hungary. Political Writings collects his articles from the decade in which he was most politically active, including his stint as deputy commissar of education in the Hungarian Soviet Republic. Including his famed essay on parliamentarianism-which earned Lukacs the respectful yet severe criticism from Lenin-Political Writings is a trove of the Lukacs's reflections on political life. 'An invaluable contribution to an understanding of Lukacs's work in the English-speaking world' Tribune 'Adds a new dimension to what English readers know about Lukacs as a philosopher and literary critic.They include the great theoretical essays on Moses Hess and Lassalle' Times Literary Supplement