The Privatization of Hope: Ernst Bloch and the Future of Utopia, SIC 8

The concept of hope is central to the work of the German philosopher Ernst Bloch (1885-1977), especially...
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Author: Peter Thompson
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The Privatization of Hope: Ernst Bloch and the Future of Utopia, SIC 8 by Thompson, Peter

The Privatization of Hope: Ernst Bloch and the Future of Utopia, SIC 8

€63,14

The Privatization of Hope: Ernst Bloch and the Future of Utopia, SIC 8

€63,14
Author: Peter Thompson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The concept of hope is central to the work of the German philosopher Ernst Bloch (1885-1977), especially in his magnum opus, The Principle of Hope (1959). The "speculative materialism" that he first developed in the 1930s asserts a commitment to humanity's potential that continued through his later work. In The Privatization of Hope, leading thinkers in utopian studies explore the insights that Bloch's ideas provide in understanding the present. Mired in the excesses and disaffections of contemporary capitalist society, hope in the Blochian sense has become atomized, desocialized, and privatized. From myriad perspectives, the contributors clearly delineate the renewed value of Bloch's theories in this age of hopelessness. Bringing Bloch's "ontology of Not Yet Being" into conversation with twenty-first-century concerns, this collection is intended to help revive and revitalize philosophy's commitment to the generative force of hope.

Contributors. Roland Boer, Frances Daly, Henk de Berg, Vincent Geoghegan, Wayne Hudson, Ruth Levitas, David Miller, Catherine Moir, Caitr ona N Dh ill, Welf Schr ter, Johan Siebers, Peter Thompson, Francesca Vidal, Rainer Ernst Zimmermann, Slavoj Zizek

Author: Peter Thompson
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 12/19/2013
Pages: 310
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780822355892


Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2014

About the Author

Peter Thompson is Reader in German at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of The Crisis of the German Left.

Slavoj Zizek is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Social Studies in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is the author of many books, including Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism.


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