Michael J. Thompson (ed.): Georg Lukács Reconsidered: Critical Essays in Politics, Philosophy and Aesthetics (2011)

Georg Lukács stands as a towering figure in the areas of critical theory, literary criticism, aesthetics, ethical theory and the philosophy of Marxism and German Idealism. Yet, despite his influence throughout the twentieth century, his contributions to the humanities and theoretical social sciences are marked by neglect. What has been lost is a crucial thinker in the tradition of critical theory, but also, by extension, a crucial set of ideas that can be used to shed new light on the major problems of contemporary society.

This book reconsiders Lukács’ intellectual contributions in the light of recent intellectual developments in political theory, aesthetics, ethical theory, and social and cultural theory. An international team of contributors contend that Lukács’ ideas and theoretical contributions have much to offer the theoretical paucity of the present. Ultimately the book reintegrates Lukács as a central thinker, not only in the tradition of critical theory, but also as a major theorist and critic of modernity, of capitalism, and of new trends in political theory, cultural criticism and legal theory.

Publisher Continuum, 2011
ISBN 1441108769, 9781441108760
253 pages

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Edu-Factory Journal, No. 0-1 (2010-2011)

Edu-factory is a transnational collective engaged in the transformations of the global university and conflicts in knowledge production. The website of the global network (www.edu-factory.org) collects and connects theoretical investigations and reports from university struggles. The network has organized meetings all around the world, paying particular attention to the intertwining of student and faculty struggles.

Issue 1: University Struggles and the System of Measure
September 2011
Editors: Nirmal Puwar, Gerald Raunig and Brett Neilson
81 pages
Contributions by Edu-factory collective, Enda Brophy and Myka Tucker-Abramson, Lina Dokuzović and Eduard Freudmann, Victor Jeleniewski Seidler, Mary Evans, Bridget Fowler, Peer Illner

Issue 0: The Double Crisis
January 2010
141 pages
Contributions by Edu-factory collective, Christopher Newfield, George Caffentzis, Jon Solomon, Stefano Harney, Ned Rossiter, Marc Bousquet, Revista Multitud, Pedro Barbosa Mendes, Claudia Bernardi and Andrea Ghelfi, Lina Dokuzović and Eduard Freudmann, Uninomade

ISSN 2078-3884
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Gregory Sholette: Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture (2011)

“Art is big business, with some artists able to command huge sums of money for their works, while the vast majority are ignored or dismissed by critics. This book shows that these marginalised artists, the ‘dark matter’ of the art world, are essential to the survival of the mainstream and that they frequently organize in opposition to it.

Gregory Sholette, a politically engaged artist, argues that imagination and creativity in the art world originate thrive in the non-commercial sector shut off from prestigious galleries and champagne receptions. This broader creative culture feeds the mainstream with new forms and styles that can be commodified and used to sustain the few artists admitted into the elite.

This dependency, and the advent of inexpensive communication, audio and video technology, has allowed this ‘dark matter’ of the alternative art world to increasingly subvert the mainstream and intervene politically as both new and old forms of non-capitalist, public art. This book is essential for anyone interested in interventionist art, collectivism, and the political economy of the art world.”

Publisher Pluto Press, London, 2011
Marxism and Culture series
ISBN 0745327524, 9780745327525
304 pages

Reviews: Nicholas Merzoeff (Afterimage, 2011), Larne Abse Gogarty (Art Monthly, 2011), Marc James Léger (Monthly Review, 2012), Stefan Szczelkun (Mute, 2012), Dave Beech (J Modern Craft, 2012), Bruce Barber (Reviews in Culture, 2012), Molly Hankwitz (Otherzine, 2013), Theo Reeves-Evison (review31, n.d.).

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