Reviews

Spirito dell'utopia by Ernst Bloch, Gianni Vattimo

savaging's review against another edition

2.0

I started reading this because of the influence it had on Adorno. Some moments are sublime -- "It is the same force expressed in lava, in hot lead thrown into cold water, in the veining of the wood and above all in the twitching, bleeding, ragged or peculiarly compacted form of internal organs." But refer to "Primitive Man" enough times and I lose interest. Bloch, as a Marxist and ergo Hegelian, arranges his humanity on the ladder rungs of progress, in a way that I can't help but find damaging. And tiresome, to boot.

anicepate's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

4.0

savaging's review against another edition

2.0

I started reading this because of the influence it had on Adorno. Some moments are sublime -- "It is the same force expressed in lava, in hot lead thrown into cold water, in the veining of the wood and above all in the twitching, bleeding, ragged or peculiarly compacted form of internal organs." But refer to "Primitive Man" enough times and I lose interest. Bloch, as a Marxist and ergo Hegelian, arranges his humanity on the ladder rungs of progress, in a way that I can't help but find damaging. And tiresome, to boot.