Neo-Marxism
Varieties of Neo-Marxism
• As a result of various criticisms to Marxism, a number of theorists developed other varieties of Marxian theory, that is called, neo-Marxism.
- Georg Lukács (Hungarian)
- Antonio Gramsci (Italian)
- Critical theory by Germanneo-Marxists----
Georg Lukács (Neo-Marxian)
• Georg Lukács didn’t reject but broadened and extended Marxian ideas.
• He developed the concept of “class consciousness” and “false consciousness.”
• With these concepts, he was interested more in actor’s idea (people’s idea) than in structure.