Ernst Bloch's scientific contributions

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... Anderson states, it is 'frequently likened to the immaterial-matter of air' (Anderson, 2006b, p. 733) and Giroux as 'anticipatory rather than messianic, mobilizing rather than therapeutic' (Giroux, 2004, p. 38). Bloch describes it as 'the most human of all mental feelings' (Bloch, 1996, p. 74), an 'anticipated freedom to be-for-oneself' (Bloch, 1976). Quoting Hegel, Bloch states that the subject in a state of freedom 'finds nothing alien and has no limits or barriers in that which confronts him, but rather finds himself' (ibid.), the content of hope lies where 'the absolute is no longer encumbered' (ibid., p. 7). ...
... Historically developed cultures care by the standards of their traditional values, while interventions present contemporary ideals of upbringing. In 1932, Bloch and Ritter (1977) developed the term "non-Synchronism", i.e., in today's world present and past family cultures coexist, and conflicts arise between them. To balance and merge past and present infant care values, interventions must involve local partners as active program co-designers, identify local sources of parenting stress, and include traditional care assets. ...