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Ernst Bloch | |
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 Bloch in 1954 | |
| Born | July 8, 1885 |
| Died | August 4, 1977 (aged 92) Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
| Education | University of Munich University of Würzburg (PhD, 1908)[4] |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Western Marxism Marxist hermeneutics[1][2] |
| Institutions | Leipzig University University of Tübingen |
Main interests | Humanism, philosophy of history,[3] nature, subjectivity, ideology, utopia, religion, theology |
Notable ideas | The principle of hope, non-simultaneity |
Ernst Simon Bloch (/blɒk/; German: [ɛʁnst ˈblɔx]; July 8, 1885 – August 4, 1977; pseudonyms: Karl Jahraus, Jakob Knerz[5]) was a German Marxist philosopher. Bloch was influenced by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx, as well as by apocalyptic and religious thinkers such as Thomas Müntzer, Paracelsus, and Jacob Böhme.[6] He established friendships with György Lukács, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno. Bloch's work focuses on an optimistic teleology of the history of mankind.
- ^ Amacher, Richard E.; Lange, Victor (2015). New Perspectives in German Literary Criticism: A Collection of Essays. Princeton University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-691-63084-7.
- ^ Erasmus: Speculum Scientarium, 25, p. 162: "the different versions of Marxist hermeneutics by the examples of Walter Benjamin's Origins of the German Tragedy [sic], ... and also by Ernst Bloch's Hope the Principle [sic]."
- ^ Kaufmann, David (1997). "Thanks for the Memory: Bloch, Benjamin and the Philosophy of History". In Daniel, Jamie Owen; Moylan, Tom (eds.). Not Yet: Reconsidering Ernst Bloch. London and New York: Verson. p. 33. ISBN 0-86091-439-9.
- ^ His thesis title was Kritische Erörterungen über Rickert und das Problem der modernen Erkenntnistheorie [Critical discussions on Rickert and the problem of modern epistemology] (Thesis). OCLC 27568512.
- ^ "Professoren der Uni Leipzig 1945 -1993". Archived from the original on 2019-11-21.
- ^ Kołakowski, Leszek (1985). Main Currents of Marxism Volume 3: The Breakdown. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 421–449. ISBN 0-19-285109-8.