Ernst Bloch Philosopher

Ernst Bloch (German: [ˈɛʁnst ˈblɔχ]; July 8, 1885 – August 4, 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 Boehme. He established friendships with György Lukács, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno. Bloch's work focuses on the thesis that in a humanistic world where oppression and exploitation have been eliminated there will always be a truly revolutionary force.

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Birth date	July 08, 1885
Birth place	German Empire , Germany , Ludwigshafen
Date of death	August 04, 1977
Place of death	Germany , Tübingen , West Germany
Era	20th-century philosophy
Main interest	Nature Religion Theology Utopia Ideology Humanism Subjectivity History