Bloch proposed superseding fascist euphoria rather than condemning or exploiting it

Evidence

The central idea of the book was that as against the fascist exploitation of euphoria, on the one hand, and the enlightened condemnation of it, on the other, what mattered was to supersede euphoria. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 768

Categorization

• QUESTION: What exactly did Bloch mean by ‘superseding’ (aufheben) euphoria — does this anticipate his later utopian-impulse work, The Principle of Hope?
• XREF: connects to: Bloch’s Utopian Spirit offered Adorno a magic-inflected philosophy beyond method — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 264

Broader Connections

• Bloch’s Utopian Spirit offered Adorno a magic-inflected philosophy beyond method #expands (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 264