Zabel_ueber_Bloch_plus_Info_dt_engl - Omnia vincit Amor

e sacrificed. That much from the past
is oppressive. But he also fought the
left. In the Marxist tradition the
distinction is made first by Engels
between utopian socialism and
scientific socialism. The Marxist
criticize utopian socialism for being
mere dreaming not being rooted in
real social forces. But Bloch pointed
out that peoples dreams are real social
forces and that Marxists ignor them at
their peril. Remember this was the
time when fascism was on the rise and
fascism was paying attention to
dreams, regressive dreams. Bloch felt
that Marxists would never being able
to defeat fascism unless they made
room for different dreams. So he want
to rehabiliate the idea of utopia for the
left and that is what he devoted his life
and work to doing. But again
remember that for him utopia is all
around us : In the fairy tales we read
to our children,in the music we listen