Leo Kofler’s Philosophy of Praxis: Western Marxism and Socialist Humanism: With Six Essays by Leo Kofler Published in English for the First Time (Historical Materialism Book Series, 242)

Book info: Leo Kofler’s Philosophy of Praxis: Western Marxism and Socialist Humanism: With Six Essays by Leo Kofler Published in English for the First Time (Historical Materialism Book Series, 242) (Hardcover, 264 pages) – Brill, 2021. Language: English.

The German-Austrian social theorist and philosopher Leo Kofler (1907–1995) represents what Oskar Negt once called ‘unmutilated, living Marxism’. Throughout his life he dealt with issues of history and modernity, Marxist philosophy and the critique of ideology, philosophical anthropology and aesthetics. In this volume, author and Kofler biographer Christoph Jünke elucidates the contours of his philosophy of praxis, traces an arc from the socialist classics to postmodernism, and outlines the socialist humanist thinker’s enduring relevance. The book also includes six essays by Leo Kofler published in English for the first time. The main work was first published in German as Leo Koflers Philosophie der Praxis: Eine Einführung in sein Denken by Laika Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-944233-33-8. Copyright by Laika Verlag. Editorial Reviews About the Author Christoph Jünke, PhD, studied history and social science at the universities of Cologne and Bochum, taught history at the FernUniversität in Hagen, and now works as an independent scholar. He is chair of the Leo-Kofler-Gesellschaft and author of numerous books and articles on socialism, Stalinism, the New Left, and German history, including Leo Kofler: Leben und Werk (1907–1995) (VSA, 2007).