Rethinking Ernst Bloch / / edited by Henk de Berg and Cat Moir.

• Superior document: Historical Materialism Book Series ; Volume 300
• TeilnehmendeR: Berg, Henk de, 1963-; Moir, Cat, 1983-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Historical materialism book series ; Volume 300.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

"This 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 Zizek; 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Will there be nothing rather than something? Ernst Bloch's overcoming of gnosticism / Agata Bielik-Robson -- Natural law in the ideas of Bloch, Hegel and Marxism / Holger Glinka -- The possibility of envisioning utopias / Nina Rismal.