Lukács defended universal historical identity over particularity

Evidence

Here, Lukács appears as an apologist for the Hegelian understanding of history, as well as for the process by which the universal asserts itself at the expense of the particular, the identical at the expense of the non-identical. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 120

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names the precise theoretical pivot — universal vs. particular, identical vs. non-identical — that defines Adorno’s break with Lukács.
• XREF: connects to: Lukács located revolutionary agency in workers’ self-awareness as commodities — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 66; Western imperial particularism was disguised as universal civilization — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 372; Luxemburg’s universalism deliberately rejected particularist Jewish identity — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 953 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Luxemburg’s universalism deliberately rejected particularist Jewish identity #corroborates (0.82) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 953
• Theory of history is possible despite the uniqueness of historical facts #corroborates (0.78) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1526
• Western imperial particularism was disguised as universal civilization #contradicts (0.72) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 372