Ernst Bloch's early main work is devoted to the complex relationship between the open philosophy of materialism and the closed systems approach, so it does battle with idealistic metaphysics as well as existential philosophy. This volume examines the The Principle of Hope based on the most up to date discourse and makes this highly topical work accessible to a broad academic audience.

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Rainer E. Zimmermann, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany, and Life Member Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK.