{"product_id":"the-spirit-of-utopia-meridian-crossing-aesthetics-9780804737654","title":"The Spirit of Utopia Meridian Crossing Aesthetics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Spirit of Utopia\", written mostly in 1915-16, published in its first version just after the First World War, republished five years later, 1923, in this version is presented for the first time in English translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“When this book was first published, it had a profound effect on major thinkers and artists in Weimar Germany. A poetical philosophical treatise with unusual insights into culture and political commentary, Bloch’s book laid the groundwork for thinkers like Adorno and Benjamin.” —Jack Zipes, University of Minnesota\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObjective (1918,1923)  Part I. The Self-Encounter: 1. The production of the ornament  2. The philosophy of music  3. The shape of the inconstruable question  Part II. Karl Marx, Death, and the Apocalypse: Afterword  Translator's notes  Index of names.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405536436567,"sku":"9780804737654","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804737654.jpg?v=1730492767","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-spirit-of-utopia-meridian-crossing-aesthetics-9780804737654","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}