Hugarian Marxist Georg Lukács.

LUKÁCS JOINED the fledging Hungarian Communist Party in 1918 and was part of the government and a commissar in its Red Army during the brief existence of the Hungarian Soviet Republic. His experiences during the rise and quick fall of the Hungarian Revolution developed Lukács as a thinker.

Prior to his capitulation to Stalinism in the 1930s (he would vacillate back and forth from this position, joining in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and then reversing this after its defeat), his early works--notably Lenin and History and Class Consciousness---stand out as some of the most original pieces of thought in the Marxist pantheon.

There are many exceptional observations and ideas in these works by Lukács, but I want to focus on one idea in particular. As heCareful updates make the kitchen more welcoming

Rich and Linda Peters loved the 1929 Spanish colonial revival-style bungalow they bought several years ago, but not its dark, poorly remodeled kitchen.

"There was no real work triangle, the windows had been partially covered with gypsum board to create inside arches, and there was a stairway leading from the back of the kitchen down to the garage level," says Linda, one of Sunset's photo editors.

The couple wanted to preserve and enhance the architectural style of the house while opening the kitchen to the outdoors. They moved the stairway to a more central location at the back of the entry hall, which made room for a 10- by 8-foot kitchen deck that's accessible through French doors. And they removed the gypsum-board arches, allowing