Ian Aitken
Lukácsian film theory and cinema,
10/2017
Book Chapter
The notes we have published here were not specifically written for publication: they are part of an exchange of opinions between the Hungarian philosopher and his student István Mészáros, who is compiling a volume on aesthetic issues of the film. These notes are of particular interest because, for the first time here, Lukács intervenes directly into the field of cinema studies. We believe that the notable importance of this intervention should not escape the attention of readers in general, and critics in particular, because of the authority which Lukács has within the field of contemporary culture, and because the issues
