Ernst-Bloch-Zentrum

In the location's words:

"People and the world carry enough good future." (Ernst Bloch)

The Ernst Bloch Center is a cultural and scientific institute that deals with utopias, future issues and critical questions of our time. Its multi-faceted activities - archive and library, research, cultural and scientific event program, educational program for various target groups, exhibition activities with regard to the permanent and changing special exhibitions - open up different approaches with the aim of serving as an enabling platform for the research activities of external scientists on the one hand and making scientific research results, philosophical concepts and current intellectual and political debates accessible to all sections of the population on the other. The starting point for this approach is Ernst Bloch's philosophy with its guiding themes of "principle of hope", "upright walk" and "concrete utopia", which offer themselves as models for thought. From these themes, the significance of Bloch's thinking for the present day - even beyond philosophical ideas - is derived, for example for the arts, the world of work, the coexistence of different cultures and religion. The permanent exhibition presents Ernst Bloch's Tübingen study, which can be walked through on a glass panel. The Bloch archive with the private and scientific estate and the library provide access to the life and work of the philosopher.

Versatile program of events

A varied program of events deals with cultural, philosophical and educational topics and is intended to set the tone for sustainable thinking and humane action. With its interdisciplinary events and discourses, the Ernst Bloch Center is aimed at a broad public in the spirit of "public science". Talks at Bloch, lectures and conferences deal with time-critical and utopian topics and bring together experts from politics, business, culture and science with a critical audience. Well-known writers are guests at Autoren bei Bloch. Special exhibitions complement the program, and the Ernst Bloch Center fulfils its educational mission with guided tours and workshops

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