The Visionaries - Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil and the Salvation of Philosophy

The Visionaries follows in its protagonists'' footsteps from Leningrad to New York, Spain at civil war to France under occupation, as each is uprooted by totalitarianism''s ascendence. It shows them facing the injustices, unfreedom and unfathomable violence of their time as women, refugees, activists, resistance fighters - but above all as thinkers. Wolfram Eilenberger expertly distils the radical, brilliant philosophies each lived as well as developed, showing the two to be part of the same story, all testament to thought''s redemptive power.<>

Product details

• Authors: Wolfram Eilenberger
• Assisted by: Shaun Whiteside (Translation), Whiteside Shaun (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.08.2024
• EAN: 9780141998473
• ISBN: 978-0-14-199847-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; History of Ideas, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, HISTORY / Women, Topics in philosophy, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General