Aproximações ao método de Mészáros: notas sobre o livro O conceito de dialética de Lukács, de 1970

Abstract

The following paper analyzes the essay "Lukács’ concept of dialetics", published by István Mészáros in 1970. It basically goes through the elements of argumentation and criticism made by Mészáros about the contradictions and theoretical and political assumptions contained in the work of his old friend and master. It also analyzes elements concerning the method used by Mészáros in his critical scrutiny procedure of Lukacs's theory, this method already developed in previous studies, which will be taken up in later moments of his intellectual itinerary. The method includes, in taking into consideration the total research object of a piece of work by a particular author who wanted to know, not rigidly separate the different moments of the work. Thus, it seems that the essential approach in this type of research is to consider the theoretical elaborations - expressed at different times of an intellectual trajectory - as a dynamic whole, in order to be able to capture the "organizer core" of the complex conceptual elaboration. The fundamental idea in this global work of an author passes, in fact, by a number of changes throughout the years. Its shape changes as a result of historical developments and new answers that provide intellectual challenges that are faced. Although it remains an underground wire that connects the various moments of his intellectual production, as to assure the fundamental unit. What happens, then, is a qualitative change, translating into a new way of theorizing by the author in question. Such qualitative change concerns the entire development of his thought, as opposed to changes that occur only at certain points and aspects of this development. Providing clues to the understanding of this method used by Mészáros is what we aim at this research.