{"product_id":"9780262620277","title":"The Theory of the Novel","description":"Georg Lukács wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of the Novel\u003c\/i\u003e in 1914-1915, a period that also saw the conception of Rosa Luxemburg's \u003ci\u003eSpartacus Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, Lenin's \u003ci\u003eImperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, Spengler's \u003ci\u003eDecline of the West\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ernst Bloch's \u003ci\u003eSpirit of Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e. Like many of Lukács's early essays, it is a radical critique of bourgeois culture and stems from a specific Central European philosophy of life and tradition of dialectical idealism whose originators include Kant, Hegel, Novalis, Marx, Kierkegaard, Simmel, Weber, and Husserl.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Theory of the Novel\u003c\/i\u003e marks the transition of the Hungarian philosopher from Kant to Hegel and was Lukács's last great work before he turned to Marxism-Leninism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Georg Lukacs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48675451404500,"sku":"9780262620277","price":48.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4c5ac7dd-f240-452e-bfbe-2009cb08ff41.jpg?v=1789521283","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780262620277","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}