After World War II. There have been only four philosophical masterpieces of more than 1,000 pages in Germany, namely Martin Heidegger's two-volume "Nietzsche" (1961), Nikolai Hartmann's "Natural Philosophy", Karl Jaspers's "On Truth" (1947) and Ernst Bloch's "The Principle of Hope" (1959). During his exile in the United States (1938-1947), Bloch sharpened his sword for ten years and wrote the three-volume "The Principle of Hope", expressing his hope for a world without exploitation, oppression and alienation.
The main purpose of the book "The Principle of Hope" is to clarify that the center of human spiritual history lies in presupposing the dream of a better life, that is, a social system without exploitation, poverty and oppression, and "hope" (HoffnlJng) as an anthropological-ontological category embodies mankind's intention to move towards a better future. The value of the book "The Principle of Hope" lies in that it is not only an encyclopedia of human dreams and hopes, but also an innovative work in the Marxist tradition, which greatly enriches the materialist thought of the 20th century and broadens the field of Marxist "human nature" research. This book "The Principle of Hope (Volume 1)" is the first volume in the series. The author of "The Principle of Hope (Volume 1)" is Ernst Bloch.
