Utopia and its possibility in the "hope principle" of Ernst Bloch

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John Larry Rojas Castillo

Abstract

The article aims to understand the essence of the utopian and its occurrence in the first volume of The Principle of Hope by Ernst Bloch. A basic introduction is given to the method the author philosophizes, which allows the utopian as an intelligible condition of the construction of humanity in the course of its work. ln this way one can conclude that the utopian is a human form and a radiant fantasy that is formed in a hopeful and sensible manner. lt also arises from the nonconformist way and makes it possible to criticize the present, which in turn the society congregates to construct a world without classes where man can naturalize and nature can humanize. ln other words where neither human nor natural alienation exist, but only a harmonic encounter. lt is essential that the utopian be complemented by the conscience of the impossible of a complete satisfaction of this wish, equal to the fundamental of its search. 

Author Biography

John Larry Rojas Castillo, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios

Licenciado en Filosofía de la Universidad Javeriana, estudiante de maestría en filosofía de la misma universidad. Actualmente es director del Departamento de Filosofía de Uniminuto y es docente - investigador de la Universidad Javeriana.