Ernst Bloch's speculative materialism : ontology, epistemology, politics / by Cat Moir.

"In Ernst Bloch's Speculative Materialism: Ontology, Epistemology, Politics, Cat Moir offers a new interpretation of the philosophy of Ernst Bloch. The reception of Bloch's work has seen him variously painted as a naïve realist, a romantic nature philosopher, a totalitarian thinker,...

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Main Author: Moir, Cat, 1983- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Series:Historical materialism book series ; 202.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The Materialism Problem; Chapter 2. Ontology; 1. Nature contra Mechanism; 2. Matter as the Subject of Nature; 3. The Logic of Matter; 4. Real Possibility; 5. Teleology without a Telos; Chapter 3. Epistemology; 1. The Structure of the Concept; 2. The Influence of Neo-Kantianism; 3. The Role of Irony; 4. Rationalism, Empiricism, and Practice; Chapter 4. Politics; 1. The German Philosopher of the October Revolution?; 2. For Stalin, against Hitler; 3. The Politics of Speculative Materialism
  • 4. Speculation, Totality, and Immanent CritiqueChapter 5. Relevance and Critique; 1. The Speculative Turn: Bloch and Meillassoux; 2. New Materialism: Bloch and Bennett; 3. Ecological Materialisms: Bloch, Foster, and Moore; Appendix: The Speculative Expanse; Bibliography; Index