Rereading Georg Lukács’ “The Destruction of Reason” in the Time of Trumpism

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A blast from the past

Philosopher Georg (György) Lukács’ 1952 work Destruction of Reason, which has just been reissued for the first time in decades by Verso Press, is an 800-page warning “addressed to the thinking people of all nations”.