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A grand narrative of the intertwining lives of Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Ernst Cassirer, major philosophers whose ideas shaped the twentieth century
The year is 1919. The horror of the First World War is still fresh for the protagonists of Time of the Magicians, each of whom finds himself at a crucial juncture. Walter Benjamin, having survived the flu during the 1918 pandemic, is trying to flee his overbearing father and floundering in his academic career. Ludwig Wittgenstein, by contrast, has dramatically decided to divest himself of the monumental fortune he stands to inherit as a scion of one of the wealthiest industrial families in Europe, in search of absolute spiritual clarity. Meanwhile, Martin Heidegger, having managed to avoid combat in war by serving instead as a meteorologist, is carefully cultivating his career. Finally, Ernst Cassirer is working furiously in academia, applying himself intensely to his writing and the possibility of a career at Hamburg University. The stage is set for a great intellectual drama, which will unfold across the next decade. The lives and ideas of this extraordinary philosophical quartet will converge as they become world historical figures. But with the Second World War looming on the horizon, their fates will be very different.
Wolfram Eilenberger stylishly traces the paths of these remarkable and turbulent lives, which feature not only philosophy but some of the most important other figures of the century, including John Maynard Keynes, Hannah Arendt, and Bertrand Russell. In doing so, he tells a gripping story about four of history's most ambitious and passionate thinkers, and illuminates with rare clarity and economy their brilliant ideas, which all too often have been regarded as enigmatic or opaque.
The year is 1919. The horror of the First World War is still fresh for the protagonists of Time of the Magicians, each of whom finds himself at a crucial juncture. Walter Benjamin, having survived the flu during the 1918 pandemic, is trying to flee his overbearing father and floundering in his academic career. Ludwig Wittgenstein, by contrast, has dramatically decided to divest himself of the monumental fortune he stands to inherit as a scion of one of the wealthiest industrial families in Europe, in search of absolute spiritual clarity. Meanwhile, Martin Heidegger, having managed to avoid combat in war by serving instead as a meteorologist, is carefully cultivating his career. Finally, Ernst Cassirer is working furiously in academia, applying himself intensely to his writing and the possibility of a career at Hamburg University. The stage is set for a great intellectual drama, which will unfold across the next decade. The lives and ideas of this extraordinary philosophical quartet will converge as they become world historical figures. But with the Second World War looming on the horizon, their fates will be very different.
Wolfram Eilenberger stylishly traces the paths of these remarkable and turbulent lives, which feature not only philosophy but some of the most important other figures of the century, including John Maynard Keynes, Hannah Arendt, and Bertrand Russell. In doing so, he tells a gripping story about four of history's most ambitious and passionate thinkers, and illuminates with rare clarity and economy their brilliant ideas, which all too often have been regarded as enigmatic or opaque.
A grand narrative of the intertwining lives of Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Ernst Cassirer, major philosophers whose ideas shaped the twentieth century
The year is 1919. The horror of the First World War is still fresh for the protagonists of Time of the Magicians, each of whom finds himself at a crucial juncture. Walter Benjamin, having survived the flu during the 1918 pandemic, is trying to flee his overbearing father and floundering in his academic career. Ludwig Wittgenstein, by contrast, has dramatically decided to divest himself of the monumental fortune he stands to inherit as a scion of one of the wealthiest industrial families in Europe, in search of absolute spiritual clarity. Meanwhile, Martin Heidegger, having managed to avoid combat in war by serving instead as a meteorologist, is carefully cultivating his career. Finally, Ernst Cassirer is working furiously in academia, applying himself intensely to his writing and the possibility of a career at Hamburg University. The stage is set for a great intellectual drama, which will unfold across the next decade. The lives and ideas of this extraordinary philosophical quartet will converge as they become world historical figures. But with the Second World War looming on the horizon, their fates will be very different.
Wolfram Eilenberger stylishly traces the paths of these remarkable and turbulent lives, which feature not only philosophy but some of the most important other figures of the century, including John Maynard Keynes, Hannah Arendt, and Bertrand Russell. In doing so, he tells a gripping story about four of history's most ambitious and passionate thinkers, and illuminates with rare clarity and economy their brilliant ideas, which all too often have been regarded as enigmatic or opaque.
The year is 1919. The horror of the First World War is still fresh for the protagonists of Time of the Magicians, each of whom finds himself at a crucial juncture. Walter Benjamin, having survived the flu during the 1918 pandemic, is trying to flee his overbearing father and floundering in his academic career. Ludwig Wittgenstein, by contrast, has dramatically decided to divest himself of the monumental fortune he stands to inherit as a scion of one of the wealthiest industrial families in Europe, in search of absolute spiritual clarity. Meanwhile, Martin Heidegger, having managed to avoid combat in war by serving instead as a meteorologist, is carefully cultivating his career. Finally, Ernst Cassirer is working furiously in academia, applying himself intensely to his writing and the possibility of a career at Hamburg University. The stage is set for a great intellectual drama, which will unfold across the next decade. The lives and ideas of this extraordinary philosophical quartet will converge as they become world historical figures. But with the Second World War looming on the horizon, their fates will be very different.
Wolfram Eilenberger stylishly traces the paths of these remarkable and turbulent lives, which feature not only philosophy but some of the most important other figures of the century, including John Maynard Keynes, Hannah Arendt, and Bertrand Russell. In doing so, he tells a gripping story about four of history's most ambitious and passionate thinkers, and illuminates with rare clarity and economy their brilliant ideas, which all too often have been regarded as enigmatic or opaque.
Über den Autor
Wolfram Eilenbergeris an internationally bestselling author and philosopher. He is the founding editor of Philosophie Magazin and hosts the television program Sternstunde Philosophie on the Swiss public broadcasting network SRF. In 2018, he published Time of the Magicians in Germany. The book instantly became a bestseller there, as well as in Italy and Spain, and won the prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France. It has been translated into more than twenty languages. Eilenberger has been a prolific contributor of essays and articles to many publications, among them Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, and Cicero, and has taught at the University of Toronto, Indiana University Bloomington, and Berlin University of the Arts.
Zusammenfassung
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: It is not often that a book about philosophers becomes a bestseller, but that was the case for TIME OF THE MAGICIANS in Germany but also Spain and Italy.
HIGH DRAMA: Eilenberger's characters live wild lives public lives, full of intrigue, drama, and conflict. The scandal is worthy of a soap opera.
TAKE A CRASH COURSE IN GREAT IDEAS: Most of us sadly never have time to read all the great books we want to. But Eilenberger brings to life some of the most elusive ideas in the history of philosophy with style.
AN ALL TOO FAMILIAR POLITICAL MOMENT: The years when our story takes place were full of fraught and disturbing political conflicts. Readers may be struck by certain unsettling similarities with the today's populist moment.
HIGH DRAMA: Eilenberger's characters live wild lives public lives, full of intrigue, drama, and conflict. The scandal is worthy of a soap opera.
TAKE A CRASH COURSE IN GREAT IDEAS: Most of us sadly never have time to read all the great books we want to. But Eilenberger brings to life some of the most elusive ideas in the history of philosophy with style.
AN ALL TOO FAMILIAR POLITICAL MOMENT: The years when our story takes place were full of fraught and disturbing political conflicts. Readers may be struck by certain unsettling similarities with the today's populist moment.
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Philosophie |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Buch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780525559665 |
| ISBN-10: | 0525559663 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Eilenberger, Wolfram |
| Übersetzung: | Whiteside, Shaun |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Maße: | 244 x 164 x 40 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Wolfram Eilenberger |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.08.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,727 kg |
Über den Autor
Wolfram Eilenbergeris an internationally bestselling author and philosopher. He is the founding editor of Philosophie Magazin and hosts the television program Sternstunde Philosophie on the Swiss public broadcasting network SRF. In 2018, he published Time of the Magicians in Germany. The book instantly became a bestseller there, as well as in Italy and Spain, and won the prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France. It has been translated into more than twenty languages. Eilenberger has been a prolific contributor of essays and articles to many publications, among them Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, and Cicero, and has taught at the University of Toronto, Indiana University Bloomington, and Berlin University of the Arts.
Zusammenfassung
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: It is not often that a book about philosophers becomes a bestseller, but that was the case for TIME OF THE MAGICIANS in Germany but also Spain and Italy.
HIGH DRAMA: Eilenberger's characters live wild lives public lives, full of intrigue, drama, and conflict. The scandal is worthy of a soap opera.
TAKE A CRASH COURSE IN GREAT IDEAS: Most of us sadly never have time to read all the great books we want to. But Eilenberger brings to life some of the most elusive ideas in the history of philosophy with style.
AN ALL TOO FAMILIAR POLITICAL MOMENT: The years when our story takes place were full of fraught and disturbing political conflicts. Readers may be struck by certain unsettling similarities with the today's populist moment.
HIGH DRAMA: Eilenberger's characters live wild lives public lives, full of intrigue, drama, and conflict. The scandal is worthy of a soap opera.
TAKE A CRASH COURSE IN GREAT IDEAS: Most of us sadly never have time to read all the great books we want to. But Eilenberger brings to life some of the most elusive ideas in the history of philosophy with style.
AN ALL TOO FAMILIAR POLITICAL MOMENT: The years when our story takes place were full of fraught and disturbing political conflicts. Readers may be struck by certain unsettling similarities with the today's populist moment.
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Philosophie |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Buch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780525559665 |
| ISBN-10: | 0525559663 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Eilenberger, Wolfram |
| Übersetzung: | Whiteside, Shaun |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Maße: | 244 x 164 x 40 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Wolfram Eilenberger |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.08.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,727 kg |
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