In the Shadow of Catastrophe
Anson Rabinbach
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University of California Press
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Geschichte
Beschreibung
These essays by eminent European intellectual and cultural historian Anson Rabinbach address the writings of key figures in twentieth-century German philosophy. Rabinbach explores their ideas in relation to the two world wars and the horrors facing Europe at that time.
Analyzing the work of Benjamin and Bloch, he suggests their indebtedness to the traditions of Jewish messianism. In a discussion of Hugo Ball's little-known
Critique of the German Intelligentsia, Rabinbach reveals the curious intellectual career of the Dadaist and antiwar activist turned-nationalist and anti-Semite. His examination of Heidegger's "Letter on Humanism" and Jaspers's
The Question of German Guilt illuminates the complex and often obscure political referents of these texts. Turning to Horkheimer and Adorno's
Dialectic of Enlightenment, Rabinbach offers an arresting new interpretation of this central text of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School. Subtly and persuasively argued, his book will become an indispensable reference point for all concerned with twentieth-century German history and thought.
These essays by eminent European intellectual and cultural historian Anson Rabinbach address the writings of key figures in twentieth-century German philosophy. Rabinbach explores their ideas in relation to the two world wars and the horrors facing Europe
Kundenbewertungen
german history, nonfiction, adorno, anti war, ww1, frankfurt school, ww2, letter on humanism, anti semitism, world war two, history, interwar period, jasper, jewish messianism, german philosophy, world war one, benjamin, critique of the german intelligentsia, nationalism, messianic, bloch, heidegger, messiah, social theory, activism, dialectic of enlightenment, dadaism, horkheimer, critical theory, philosophy, jewish intellectuals, question of german guilt, hugo ball, europe