Spirit of Utopia
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Spirit of Utopia is a seminal philosophical work by Ernst Bloch that explores utopian consciousness, hope, and the transformative possibilities of human society.
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| Spirit of Utopia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10343275 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spirit of Utopia Context triple: [Ernst Bloch, notableWork, Spirit of Utopia]
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Road to Utopia
Road to Utopia is a 1946 musical comedy film in the popular "Road to..." series, starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as scheming entertainers caught up in Alaskan gold-rush adventures.
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Utopia Avenue
Utopia Avenue is a 2020 novel by David Mitchell that follows a fictional British psychedelic rock band navigating fame, creativity, and personal turmoil in the late 1960s.
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Utopia, Limited
Utopia, Limited is a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan that satirizes British imperialism and corporate culture through the story of a South Pacific island kingdom seeking to modernize along English lines.
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Utopia Project
Utopia Project is an alias of electronic music producer Rheji Burrell, known for his influential work in early house and techno.
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Utopia (song)
"Utopia" is a song title shared by multiple artists, most notably used for electronic and pop tracks that explore idealistic or futuristic themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spirit of Utopia Target entity description: Spirit of Utopia is a seminal philosophical work by Ernst Bloch that explores utopian consciousness, hope, and the transformative possibilities of human society.
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A.
Road to Utopia
Road to Utopia is a 1946 musical comedy film in the popular "Road to..." series, starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as scheming entertainers caught up in Alaskan gold-rush adventures.
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B.
Utopia Avenue
Utopia Avenue is a 2020 novel by David Mitchell that follows a fictional British psychedelic rock band navigating fame, creativity, and personal turmoil in the late 1960s.
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C.
Utopia, Limited
Utopia, Limited is a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan that satirizes British imperialism and corporate culture through the story of a South Pacific island kingdom seeking to modernize along English lines.
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D.
Utopia Project
Utopia Project is an alias of electronic music producer Rheji Burrell, known for his influential work in early house and techno.
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E.
Utopia (song)
"Utopia" is a song title shared by multiple artists, most notably used for electronic and pop tracks that explore idealistic or futuristic themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Ernst Bloch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| EnglishTranslationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| EnglishTranslationPublisher | Stanford University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist philosophy
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philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEdition | 1923 revised edition ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | Spirit of Utopia (English edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ernst Bloch’s later work "The Principle of Hope"
NERFINISHED
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Frankfurt School NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodor W. Adorno NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
G. W. F. Hegel
NERFINISHED
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German Idealism NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish messianic thought ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ religious mysticism ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
anticipatory consciousness
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eschatology ⓘ hope ⓘ messianism ⓘ redemption ⓘ transformative possibilities of human society ⓘ utopian consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early systematic articulation of utopian philosophy in Marxism
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influence on 20th-century critical theory ⓘ integration of theology and Marxism ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Geist der Utopie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept |
Not-Yet-Conscious
NERFINISHED
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utopian surplus ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Western Marxism
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critical theory precursor ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| structure |
essayistic form
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fragmentary composition ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
scholarly commentary in political theology
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scholarly commentary in utopian studies ⓘ |
| topic |
art
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history ⓘ music ⓘ religion ⓘ revolution ⓘ utopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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