Praxis and Method (RLE

This sociological critique of the âphilosophy of praxisâ looks at the importance of the concept in the social theory of leading influential Western Marxists such as LukÃcs Gramsci Korsch Horkheimer Marcuse and Adorno in the inter-war period. It offers a detailed critique of Marx and Hegel and explores the validity and implications for sociology of two of Marxâs ideas which the later theorists made the centre piece of their social theory: first that true theory is authenticated by praxis and second its corollary that certain major social transformations should and would in practice render sociology redundant. . Language: English