Meaning of Contemporary Realism Resource Type: Book Lukacs discusses three main trends in modern literature; the literature of the 'avant garde,' socialist realism, and critical realism. He argues that critical realism is both the link with the great literature of the past and also the literature of the future.
Necessary and Unneccessary Utopias Resource Type: Book Published: 2000 Reasserts the need for a bold and revolutionary imagination, one aimed at saner ways of living and organizaing society.