The concept of “Reification”

In Five page, double-spaced paper, research the significance of the concept by conducting a literature review.

Steps:

1. Critically analyze the concept in a brief essay, which clearly examines the meaning of the concept as it has been defined and interpreted by different theorists.

Your analysis should be organized like this:

Begin with a review of the concept from the perspective of the theorist studied in this class:  ex. “reification”: begin your analysis with a summary of Georg Lukacs’ view of the concept.

2. Then explore the origins (intellectual roots) of the concept:

(i.e., before Lukacs)

3. In the remainder of the paper, explore the subsequent development of the concept:

(i.e., after Lukacs)