Acid Horizon Ernst Bloch's Utopian Marxism: A New Hope with Jon Greenaway
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Apr 30, 2024 
Jon Greenaway, an expert in Ernst Bloch's philosophy, discusses the philosopher's revolutionary ideas on utopia, historical agency, and dialectics. The conversation explores Bloch's rejection of pessimism, his reinterpretation of romanticism, and the role of desire in shaping a better future. Greenaway navigates Bloch's complex philosophy, offering a primer for a philosophical renewal towards a better world.
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Hope vs. Optimism
- Hope requires historical, collective agency to make things better.
- It's not optimism, the vague belief that things will improve on their own.
The Boomerang Effect and Climate Change
- Techniques of policing, oppression, and genocide from the imperial periphery return to the core.
- Climate change will worsen, and politicians are actively preventing solutions.
Fighting for Utopia
- We fight for our place in the world and for a better future.
- This desired place is both here and not here, good and nowhere: utopia.