Despite the efforts of commentators to point out a continuity and highlight a presence of the initial works of Georg Lukács in his first Marxist book, History and Class Consciousness, a careful examination of his early books and manuscripts disproves this hypothesis. Besides the obvious formal discrepancy found in his first works, e.g., the sudden changes in cultural persuasion and affiliation, these texts pertain to a commitment and a conceptual terrain entirely distinct from the adoption of Marxism consolidated in History and Class Consciousness.
Young Lukács; The theory of the novel; History and class consciousness
