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Thus abstractions , such as for example ' surplus value ' , are only of value in that
they constitute an instrument by which the social scientist moves from the totality
of empirically - given reality to the totality of reality grasped theoretically . Weber ...
Thus abstractions , such as for example ' surplus value ' , are only of value in that
they constitute an instrument by which the social scientist moves from the totality
of empirically - given reality to the totality of reality grasped theoretically . Weber ...
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There devolves , therefore , upon the writer the task of asserting the value of
totality in the face of the detotalising effects of capitalist reality . “ The true great
realists , ' argues Lukács , ' . . . knew that this distortion of reality . . . , this division
of the ...
There devolves , therefore , upon the writer the task of asserting the value of
totality in the face of the detotalising effects of capitalist reality . “ The true great
realists , ' argues Lukács , ' . . . knew that this distortion of reality . . . , this division
of the ...
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Leavis ' s aesthetic is built around his commitment to the value of ' life ' , by which
he means not reality , but rather a fundamental essence to be pitted against many
aspects of reality . Perhaps the most precise statement of what Leavis meant ...
Leavis ' s aesthetic is built around his commitment to the value of ' life ' , by which
he means not reality , but rather a fundamental essence to be pitted against many
aspects of reality . Perhaps the most precise statement of what Leavis meant ...
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Contents
Goldmanns Genetic Structuralism | 8 |
A Note on the Problem of Aesthetics | 18 |
Lukács and Socialist Realism | 24 |
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