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... Leavis's phrase , ' a vital whole ' . We have already seen , in our discussion of Lukács , that this conception arises from an essentially idealist philosophical tradition . But Leavis , unlike Lukács , explicitly endorses that ...
... Leavis's phrase , ' a vital whole ' . We have already seen , in our discussion of Lukács , that this conception arises from an essentially idealist philosophical tradition . But Leavis , unlike Lukács , explicitly endorses that ...
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... Leavis's sociology also posits an ideal totality , in this case the organic community , situated in a mythical past , by which to judge and condemn subsequent historical developments . Of course , Leavis's organic community is not a ...
... Leavis's sociology also posits an ideal totality , in this case the organic community , situated in a mythical past , by which to judge and condemn subsequent historical developments . Of course , Leavis's organic community is not a ...
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... Leavis takes over from Eliot , entails the notion of a continuous literary culture which is essentially the product of the whole ' community ' . Leavis's literary criticism is , in fact , centred around the attempt to establish the ...
... Leavis takes over from Eliot , entails the notion of a continuous literary culture which is essentially the product of the whole ' community ' . Leavis's literary criticism is , in fact , centred around the attempt to establish the ...
Contents
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
Reason Triumphant | 94 |
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