Kolman''s philosophy has been, throughout the major part of his life, distinctly Stalinist. After he had been released from prison and after the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R. (1956), he became critical of Stalinist dogmatism in philosophy and politics. Although his philosophic thought underwent some — if only minor — changes, Kolman remained entirely within the framework of Marxist philosophy, retaining its foundations, as contained in the writings of the classics of Marxism — Marx, Engels and (...) Lenin. (shrink)

Rozklad imperialistické společnosti a její ideologie provázejí idealistické, náboženské, iracionalistické a konzervativní filosofie. Tento rozklad neprobíhá přímočaře, ale složitě. Rozmanité myšlenkové směry a tendencesevynořujíazanikají, posilují se a oslabují. Jednou z těchto tendencí je personalismus. Slučuje vjedno prvky eklekticismu, přizpůsobivost daným poměrům a konzervativním tendencím, loajalitu k panujícímu řádu, podrobenost individua a náboženství.Na něm může protestantsky věřící občan USA budovat svou koncepci světa.

Lukács has had a colorful career as a Communist theoretician. One of the strangest events is the fact that he continued to recant in 1967, when there was no longer the external pressure to do so. This may be due to the fact that his differences with Marx on subject-object, praxis, etc., are not those of a humanist.