German Philosophy and the First World War

Combining history and biography with astute philosophical analysis, Nicolas de Warren explores and reinterprets the intellectual trajectories of ten German philosophers as they reacted to and experienced the First World War. His book will enhance our understanding of the intimate and invariably complicated relationship between philosophy and war.

Sommario

1. The genius of war, the genius of peace: Max Scheler's demons; 2. Deutschtum und Judentum: Hermann Cohen in the time of the nations; 3. I and you: Martin Buber and dialogical creation; 4. More than life: Georg Simmel's philosophical testament; 5. The apocalypse of hope: Ernst Bloch's phenomenology of utopic spirit; 6. The road to Damascus: György Lukács and History and Class Consciousness; 7. From death into life: Franz Rosenzweig's redemptions; 8. World-philosophy: Ernst Cassirer, freedom in ways of worldmaking; 9. Martin Heidegger and the titanic struggle over being; 10. The tragedy of the person: Edmund Husserl at war.

Info autore

Nicolas de Warren is Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Husserl and the Promise of Time (Cambridge University Press, 2010), A Momentary Breathlessness in the Sadness of Time (2018), and Original Forgiveness (2020).

Riassunto

Combining history and biography with astute philosophical analysis, Nicolas de Warren explores and reinterprets the intellectual trajectories of ten German philosophers as they reacted to and experienced the First World War. His book will enhance our understanding of the intimate and invariably complicated relationship between philosophy and war.

Prefazione

A powerful exploration of how the First World War - 'the war to end all wars' - transformed German philosophy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nicolas de Warren, Nicolas (Pennsylvania State University) De Warren
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781108437615
• ISBN: 978-1-108-43761-5
• Pagine: 434
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); History of Ideas, First World War, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, HISTORY / Social History, Philosophy, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1910 to c 1919, Western philosophy from c 1800, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I