Ernst Bloch

Ernst Simon Bloch (German: [ɛʁnst ˈblɔx]; July 8, 1885 – August 4, 1977; pseudonyms: Karl Jahraus, Jakob Knerz) 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.

This article is about the German philosopher. For the American composer, see Ernest Bloch. For the American spy in Germany, see Ernie Blake.
Ernst Bloch
Bloch in 1954
BornJuly 8, 1885
Ludwigshafen, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
DiedAugust 4, 1977(1977-08-04) (aged 92)
Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Alma materUniversity of Munich
University of Würzburg
(PhD, 1908)
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolWestern Marxism
Marxist hermeneutics
InstitutionsLeipzig University
University of Tübingen
Main interests
Humanism, philosophy of history, nature, subjectivity, ideology, utopia, religion, theology
Notable ideas
The principle of hope, non-simultaneity
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