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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, Caitríona Ní Dhúill, Welf Schröter, Johan Siebers, Peter Thompson, Francesca Vidal, Rainer Ernst Zimmermann, Sl

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Author

Bloch, Ernst;Thompson, Peter;Žižek, Slavoj

Publisher

Duke University Press Books

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822355892

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Science, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24