Exile and Social Thought: Hungarian Intellectuals in Germany and Austria, 1919-1933

by Lee Congdon

Book Overview

Embroiled in the political events surrounding World War I and the failed Hungarian revolutions of 1918-19, a number of intellectuals fled Hungary for Germany and Austria, where they essentially created Weimar culture. Among them were Georg Luk cs, whose History and Class Consciousness recast Marxism and challenged even those who repudiated its politics; Bela Bal zs, who pioneered film theory and collaborated with film-makers G. W. Pabst, Leni Riefenstahl,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691636869
• ISBN13: 9780691636863
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"