See also Ernest Bloch the composer.
Ernst Simon Bloch (IPA: [ɛɐnst zɪmɔn blɔx], July 8, 1885 – August 4, 1977) was a German Marxist philosopher.
Bloch was influenced by both Hegel and Marx. He was also interested in music (notably Gustav Mahler) and art (notably expressionism). He established friendships with Georg Lukacs, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Theodor W. Adorno. Bloch's work focuses on the concept that in a utopian human world where oppression and exploitation are banned there will always be a truly ideological revolutionary force.

Work

Primary literature

Adorno, Theodor W. (1991). "Ernst Bloch's Spuren," Notes to Literature, Volume One, New York, Columbia University Press
Geoghegan, Vincent (1996). Ernst Bloch, London, Routledge
Hudson, Wayne (1982). The Marxist philosophy of Ernst Bloch, New York, St. Martin's Press
Münster, Arno (1989). Ernst Bloch: messianisme et utopie, PUF, Paris
Münster, Arno (2001). L'utopie concrète d'Ernst Bloch, Kimé, Paris