Time of the magicians : the invention of modern thought, 1919-29
Eilenberger, Wolfram, 1972-2022
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The year is 1919. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a critic. Ludwig Wittgenstein, scion of one of Europe's wealthiest families, signs away his inheritance, seeking spiritual clarity. Martin Heidegger renounces his faith and aligns his fortunes with Husserl's phenomenological school. Ernst Cassirer sketches a new schema of human culture on a cramped Berlin tram. The stage is set for a great intellectual drama. Over the next decade the lives and thought of this quartet will converge and intertwine, as each gains world-historical significance, between them remaking philosophy. 'Time of the Magicians' brings to life this miraculous burst of intellectual creativity, unparalleled in philosophy's history, and with it an entire era, from post-war exuberance to economic crisis and the emergence of National Socialism.
Main title:
Time of the magicians : the invention of modern thought, 1919-29 / Wolfram Eilenberger ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.
Author:
Eilenberger, Wolfram, 1972-, authorWhiteside, Shaun, translator
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2022.
Collation:
418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the German.This translation originally published: New York: Penguin Press, 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141988580 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
193
Language:
EnglishGerman
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BRN:
1191685
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