Ernst Bloch

The Principle of Hope

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The Principle of Hope is one of the great works of the human spirit. It is a critical history of the utopian vision and a profound exploration of the possible reality of utopia. Even as the world has rejected the doctrine on which Bloch sought to base his utopia, his work still challenges us to think more insightfully about our own visions of a better world.

The Principle of Hope is published in three volumes: Volume 1 lays the foundations of the philosophy of...
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The Principle of Hope is one of the great works of the human spirit. It is a critical history of the utopian vision and a profound exploration of the possible reality of utopia. Even as the world has rejected the doctrine on which Bloch sought to base his utopia, his work still challenges us to think more insightfully about our own visions of a better world.

The Principle of Hope is published in three volumes: Volume 1 lays the foundations of the philosophy of process and introduces the idea of the Not-Yet-Conscious—the anticipatory element that Bloch sees as central to human thought. It also contains a remarkable account of the aesthetic interpretations of utopian "wishful images" in fairy tales, popular fiction, travel, theater, dance, and the cinema. Volume 2 presents "the outlines of a better world." It examines the utopian systems that progressive thinkers have developed in the fields of medicine, painting, opera, poetry, and ultimately, philosophy. It is nothing less than an encyclopedic account of utopian thought from the Greeks to the present. Volume 3 offers a prescription for ways in which humans can reach their proper "homeland," where social justice is coupled with an openness to change and to the future.
 
1947, 1696 pages
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Ernst Bloch (1885–1977) was one of the most scintillating intellectuals of the 20th century and a major influence on the West German student movement. He ended his academic career as professor of Philosophy at the University of Tübingen.

Ernst Bloch (1885–1977) was one of the most scintillating intellectuals of the 20th century and a major influence on the West German...

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The leading German philosopher with a study of the thought of Karl Marx.

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Atheism in Christianity
Year of Publication: 1968
Ernst BlochYear of Publication: 1968

Atheism in Christianity

In the twenty-first century, religion has come under determined attack from secular progressives in documentaries, opinion pieces and international bestsellers. Combative atheists have denounced...
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Traces
Year of Publication: 1930
Ernst BlochYear of Publication: 1930

Traces

Written between 1910 and 1929, Traces is considered Ernst Bloch's most important work next to The Principle of Hope and The Spirit of Utopia. This...

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Thomas Münzer as a Theologian of the Revolution
Year of Publication: 1921
Ernst BlochYear of Publication: 1921

Thomas Münzer as a Theologian of the Revolution

Of the philosophers who shaped the 20th century, Ernst Bloch was the thinker of departure, resistance and anticipatory consciousness. His leitmotifs »the principle of hope, walking...
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The Spirit of Utopia
Year of Publication: 1918
Ernst BlochYear of Publication: 1918

The Spirit of Utopia

In the summer of 1918 the world is knee-deep in blood: the war has already claimed millions of victims, the Spanish influenza is spreading, in Russia the revolution is turning into a civil war....

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