Abstract
Abstract Ernst Bloch was credited by Adorno with having restored dignity to the idea of utopia in a century that saw modernity end in barbaric totalitarianism. In Bloch’s philosophy the sociopolitical origins of utopian thinking (Plato and especially More) form no more than the historically contingent starting point for an exploration of utopian motifs in all areas of human activity and even in the natural world. This chapter explores what happens to our conception of philosophy and philosophical method when we follow the expansive notion of utopia that animates Bloch’s work. The consequence is a radical reorientation in thought, which provides signposts for contemporary modes of thought that inherit and transform the cultural institution called ‘philosophy’. This chapter, therefore, is as much a study of the disruptive idea of utopia in modern philosophy as an exercise in utopian thinking.
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