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In this important new approach to his philosophy and politics, Cat Moir sets out to offer a fresh interpretation of Ernst Bloch's work. The reception of Bloch's work has seen him variously painted as a naive realist, a romantic nature philosopher, a totalitarian thinker, and an irrationalist whose obscure literary style stands in for a lack of systematic rigour. Ernst Bloch's Speculative Materialism challenges these conceptions of Bloch by reconstructing the ontological, epistemological, and political dimensions of his speculative materialism. Through a close, historically contextualised reading of Bloch's major work of ontology, Das Materialismusproblem, seine Geschichte und Substanz (The Materialism Problem, its History and Substance), Moir presents Bloch as one of the twentieth century's most significant critical thinkers.

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Author:   Cat Moir
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
ISBN:  

9781642593495

ISBN 10:   1642593494
Pages:   193
Publication Date:   22 December 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1. The materialism problem 2. Ontology Nature contra mechanism Matter as the subject of nature The logic of matter Real possibility Teleology without a telos 3. Epistemology The structure of the concept The influence of neo-Kantianism The role of irony Rationalism, empiricism, and practice 4. Politics The German Philosopher of the October Revolution? For Stalin, against Hitler The Politics of Speculative Materialism Speculation, totality, and immanent critique Chapter 5: Relevance and critique The speculative turn: Bloch and Meillassoux New materialism: Bloch and Bennett Ecological materialisms: Bloch, Foster, and Moore Epilogue: The speculative expanse Bibliography

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Cat Moir is Senior Lecturer in Germanic Studies at the University of Sydney. She has published widely on the history of ideas in the German-speaking world.

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