The Utopian Function of Art and Literature: Selected Essays

by Ernst Bloch, Jack D. Zipes (Translator), Frank Mecklenberg (Translator)

The aesthetic essays of the philosopher Ernst Bloch (1885-1977) belong to the rich tradition of cultural criticism represented by Georg Lukács, Theodor Adorno, and Walter Benjamin.

Genres: Philosophy, Art, Theory, Utopia

300 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Ernst Bloch was one of the great philosophers and political intellectuals of twentieth-century Germany. Among his works to have appeared in English are The Spirit of Utopia (Stanford University Press, 2000), Literary Essays (Stanford University Press, 1998), The Utopian Function of Art and Literature: Selected Essays (1987), and The Principle of Hope (1986).

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