Between utopia and reality: the possibilities of the world, according to Ernst Bloch

Authors

  • Thiago Reis UFMG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2023.v46n4.p269

Keywords:

Ernst Bloch, Not-yet, Marxism, Theory of Possibilities, Matter

Abstract

The most important aspect of the Ernst Bloch`s philosophy is based in the statement: “S is not yet P” – an ontological premise that underlies all ramifications of his thinking. In this sense, Bloch says: “the proletariat is not yet sublated, nature is not yet home, the real is not yet articulated reality”, all this is in process, and the task of philosophy is to considerer the real possibilities of what is not-yet-become and change the world in accordance with what could be. Our intention is to contribute to the investigation of the fundamental premises of Blochian thought, especially his ontology of the not-yet, based on a theory of possibilities that intends to reinterpret the Aristotelian concept of matter.

Author Biography

  • Thiago Reis, UFMG

    Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG – Brasil. Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade de Uberaba (PPGE-UNIUBE). https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3114-9468.

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Recebido: 10/02/2023

Aprovado: 01/04/2023

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2023-09-11

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Between utopia and reality: the possibilities of the world, according to Ernst Bloch. (2023). Trans/Form/Ação, 46(4), 269-286. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2023.v46n4.p269