Ernst Bloch — Tate
don't have much to contribute here but I have the book in my library and enjoy picking it up from time to time — ZzzoneiroCosm
When you have flashes of world that could be, you're witnessing what could be, but is not yet. — Tate
"There is an infinite amount of hope in the universe ...
but not for us." ~Franz Kafka
↪Tate Hope is an absurd (imaginary) response to fear. Courage is the absurdist (performative) response to fear. The latter overcomes 'the utopian consolations' (temptations) of the former. — 180 Proof
"Trust, but verify." ~Ronald ReaganIn my humble opinion, hope is an indispensable part of trust which itself is integral to society's very existence. — Agent Smith
"Trust, but verify." ~Ronald Reagan — 180 Proof
Hope is an absurd (imaginary) response to fear — 180 Proof
is the absurdist (performative) response to fear. The latter overcomes 'the utopian consolations' (temptations) of the former. — 180 Proof
For Bloch, utopia is a journey, not a place. It means being engaged. — Tate
For Bloch, utopia is a journey, not a place. It means being engaged. — Tate
Would you be willing to expand on the notion of utopia-as-engagement? As a generalization, it would likely include, say, a mass murderer plotting his bloodbath. His would be a state of profound engagement. — ZzzoneiroCosm
But wasn't Das Tausendjährige Reich also a "utopian" project? :brow: — 180 Proof
But wasn't Das Tausendjährige Reich also a "utopian" project? — 180 Proof
The purity of the Utopian Light at times points to genocidal cleansing — ZzzoneiroCosm
Absolutely. The purity of the Utopian Light at times points to genocidal cleansing as the fast track to heaven. An ugliest Marriage of Heaven and Hell. — ZzzoneiroCosm
Maybe that's what happens when all hope for redeeming this world is lost. — Tate
The only way for the world to be made right is to destroy it all and make it over. — Tate
We of our own impetus often cynically snide at hope for the first outcome, both personally and collectively. And this breads hope for the second. Needless to add, this at the detriment of the former. — javra
Nah. We'd likely start all over from bacteria, again moving forward evolutionary through pains and pleasures, only to arrive at the same crossroads we are living in today as a species of sapient beings. Better to aim forward — javra
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