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"Georg Lukács (1885-1971) was one of the most original Marxist philosophers and literary critics of the twentieth century. His work was a major influence on what we now know as critical theory. Almost fifty years after his death, Lukács's legacy has come under attack by right-wing extremists in his native Hungary. Despite efforts to erase his memory, Lukács remains a philosophical gadfly. In Confronting Reification, an international team of fourteen scholars explicate, reassess, and apply one of Lukács's most significant philosophical contributions, his theory of reification. Based on papers presented at the 2017 Legacy of Georg Lukács conference held in Budapest, the essays in this volume demonstrate the vitality of Lukács's thought and its relevance. Contributors include: Rüdiger Dannemann, Frank Engster, Andrew Feenberg, Joseph Grim Feinberg, Andraž Jež, Christian Lotz, Csaba Olay, Tom Rockmore, Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker, Mariana Teixeira, Michael J. Thompson, Tivadar Vervoort, Richard Westerman, and Sean Winkler"--

The postmodern face of American exceptionalism / Shadia Drury -- Postmodernism and the corruption of the critical intelligentsia / John Sanbonmatsu -- Inventing the "political" : Arendt, anti-politics and the deliberative turn in contemporary political theory / Michael J. Thompson -- Slavoj Zizek's Linksfaschismus / Alan Johnson -- Illusory alternatives : neo-anarchism's disengaged and reactionary leftism / Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker -- Skimming the surface : Stanley Fish and the politics of self-promotion / Russell Jacoby -- Being post-modern while late modernity burned : on the apolitical nature of contemporary self-defined "radical" political theory / Joseph M. Schwartz -- Habermas, critical theory and political economy / Tom Rockmore -- The spectacle looks back into you : the situationists and the aporias of the left / John Clark -- The power and the void : radical democracy, postmarxism and the Machiavellian moment / Warren Breckman -- In defense of universalism / Alison Assiter

Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics is a challenge to contemporary radical politics and political thought. This collection of essays critiques the dominant trends and figures on the left that have distorted the legacy of progressive politics, arguing that they have moved politics away from issues of class and economic power toward a preoccupation with culture and identity. The contributors discuss this new radicalism from the perspective of a more rational form of leftism capable of reviving interest in a more politically relevant form of politics.