Rethinking Ernst BlochThis volume offers a critical re-assessment of the thought of Ernst Bloch, best known for his groundbreaking study The Principle of Hope and one of the most significant European thinkers and public intellectuals of the twentieth century. It explores Bloch’s life, work and reception; his debt to Marx and Hegel; his central concepts of hope and utopia; his affinities with philosophers such as Gramsci and Žižek; and his radical reframing of our understanding of history, society and culture. Above all, this volume examines the relevance of Bloch’s ideas today, in a world still shot through with economic inequality and social injustice. Contributors are: Agata Bielik-Robson, Ivan Boldyrev, Henk de Berg, Sam Dolbear, Vincent Geoghegan, Holger Glinka, Loren Goldman, Douglas Kellner, Cat Moir, Jan Rehmann, Nina Rismal, Johan Siebers and Peter Thompson |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Will There Be Nothing Rather Than Something? Ernst Blochs Overcoming of Gnosticism BielikRobson | 38 |
Blochs The Spirit of Utopia between Hegel and Derrida Boldyrev | 71 |
Critical Reflections on Blochs SubjektObjekt de Berg | 84 |
Chapter 5 Blochs Commentary on Marxs Theses on Feuerbach in The Principle of Hope Geoghegan | 135 |
Chapter 6 Natural Law in the Ideas of Bloch Hegel and Marxism Glinka | 155 |
Chapter 7 The Matter of Blochs Philosophy of Nature in the Shadow of Idealism Goldman | 180 |
From Hegel to Marx and Beyond Kellner | 206 |
Chapter 9 What Can We Hope For? Reading Ernst Bloch with Antonio Gramsci Rehmann | 222 |
Chapter 10 The Possibility of Envisioning Utopias Rismal | 252 |
On the Margins of the Spirit Siebers and Dolbear | 268 |
Blochs Unfinished Project of Humanity Thompson | 291 |
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