Evolution of Lukács’ Concept of the Historic Subject-Object and its Modern Significance

Authors: Xiaoping W*

DOI: 10.23880/phij-16000151

Volume 3, Issue 3

Abstract

Lukács’ research and writing career started around 1920s and ended in 1970s. This was an era when great changes took place in the world situation, and correspondingly the development and change of Lukács’ thoughts in his life were also very obvious. Such change in him can be explained from two aspects: first, he lived in a changeful historical era and underwent the transition from capitalist society to socialist society; second, in 1930s he personally experienced the Soviet Union’s practice of socialism and read Marx’s Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, which played a very important role in his later ideological change. This change could be seen in the evolution of his concept of historical subject-object.

Keywords: Class consciousness; Historical subject-object

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