The Privatization of Hope
Peter Thompson, Slavoj Zizek
ISBN: | 9780822377115 |
Publisher: | Duke University Press Books |
Published: | 25 November, 2013 |
Format: | eBook |
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The Privatization of Hope
Peter Thompson, Slavoj Zizek
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 contemp
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