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Ernst Bloch

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Ernst Bloch (1885-1977) was a German Marxist philosopher influenced by Hegel and Marx as well as by apocalyptic and religious thinkers such as Thomas Müntzer, Paracelsus and Jacob Böhme. He was close to György Lukács, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, and his work develops an optimistic teleology of human history centered on hope as a structuring social principle. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1885 1
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Political Theory 2
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1. Wikidata: Ernst Bloch
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2. Ernst Bloch (Wikipedia)
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    Ernst Simon Bloch (; German: [ɛʁnst ˈblɔx]; 8 July 1885-4 August 1977) was a German Marxist philosopher.
  • Lead, subfield political-theory
    Ernst Simon Bloch (; German: [ɛʁnst ˈblɔx]; 8 July 1885-4 August 1977) was a German Marxist philosopher.
  • Associated With: Leipzig University, Infobox: institutions
    Leipzig University
  • Shaped By: Classical Marxism, Lead, Classical Marxism
    Ernst Simon Bloch (; German: [ɛʁnst ˈblɔx]; 8 July 1885-4 August 1977) was a German Marxist philosopher.
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