ERNST BLOCH OF THE SOCIAL NATURE OF UTOPIA

The article deals with the views of the famous German philosopher Ernst Bloch of the twentieth century on the nature and content of social utopia describes in the "Freedom and order. Essay of social utopias". The author reveals the basic conceptual ideas defining understanding of the utopias social nature by E. Bloch. According to the author, originality and significance of the concept of the German thinker is defined by judgments about what utopia is; it is not misleading, but a necessary phenomenon of society consciousness.