Practice and Theory — Kant, Marx, Lukács

Abstract

The subject matter of the present exploration is a critical assessment of the transformation of the concept of practice from Kant via Marx to Lukács. The reference to the correlated concept of theory emerges in that context because of the very meanings involved. In order to place the topic in its proper context, it is apposite to preface the investigation by a comment on the background of the concept of practice in so far as that concept can be traced to Greek philosophy and to the extent that the Greek legacy became an integral part of Western philosophy.