Joseph Bloch was a German philosopher, political theorist, journalist and revisionist socialist. In 1890 he shared a correspondence with Friedrich Engels in which Engels elaborated on the materialist conception of history.[1] From 1897 to 1933 Bloch was the editor of the revisionist socialist publication Sozialistische Monatshefe. Bloch was one of the most influential members of the right-wing of Germany's Social Democratic Party.
Life
editJoseph Bloch was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to an Orthodox Jewish Family.[2] Bloch received his doctorate in philosophy while working under the philosopher Paul Hensel in 1907 at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.[3]
Bloch was part of the revisionist wing of the Social Democratic Party. He was critical of Orthodox Marxism, particularly the idea that the end of capitalism was oncoming and inevitable. Bloch was an advocate for colonialism, and was opposed to the British Empire.
After the rise of the Nazi Party, Bloch fled Germany and moved to Prague, where he died in 1936.[4]
References
edit- ^ Engels, Friedrich. "Letter to J. Bloch". Marxists.org. Marixsts.org. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Bloch, Joseph" (PDF). Deutsche Biographie-Onlinefassung. Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ Bloch, Joseph (1907). Die Entwickelung des Unendlichkeitsbegriffs von Kant bis Hermann Cohen.
- ^ Osterroth, Franz (1960). Biographisches Lexikon des Sozialismus. Verstorbene Persönlichkeiten. Bonn: Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf.
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