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Ernst Bloch was a German philosopher (1885–1977) who developed influential theories about hope and human aspiration as driving forces in history and social change. His work matters because it offered a distinctive philosophical perspective on how people's dreams and utopian visions shape society, influencing thinkers across politics, literature, and cultural studies.
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- Born
- 8 July 1885
- Died
- 4 August 1977
- Works
- 147
Top works
- Tübinger Einleitung in die Philosophie I.
- Doce textos fundamentales de la Ética del siglo XX
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- Ergänzungsband zur Gesamtausgabe
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Simon
- Family name
- Bloch
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ludwigshafen
- Place of death
- Tübingen
- Occupation
- theologian
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Employer
- University of Tübingen
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- atheism
- Doctoral advisor
- Oswald Külpe
- Movement
- surrealism
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-35545-0009, Berlin, Ernst Bloch auf 15. Schriftstellerkongress.jpg
- Work location
- Munich
- Significant event
- Nazi book burnings
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- Ernst Bloch
- date of death
- 1977-08-04
- date of birth
- 1885-07-08
- member of
- German Academy of Sciences at Berlin
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- Ernst Bloch
- name in native language
- Ernst Bloch
- writing language
- German
- P8168
- Vouthon-Haut
- influenced by
- Kurt Weill
- interested in
- philosophy
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Encyclopedic overview
Ernst Simon Bloch (/blɒk/; German: [ɛʁnst ˈblɔx]; 8 July 1885 – 4 August 1977) 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. 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.
Life
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