The spirit of Utopia /

That is enough. Now we have to start. These are the opening words of Ernst Bloch's first major work, The Spirit of Utopia, written mostly in 1915-16, published in its first version just after the First World War, republished five years later, 1923, in the version here presented for the first...

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Main Author: Bloch, Ernst
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2000.
Series:Meridian (Stanford, Calif.)
Subjects:
Music > Philosophy and aesthetics.
Philosophy.
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam028/99038497.html
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