Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic by Corngold, Stanley
Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic by Corngold, Stanley

Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic

The first complete account of the ideas and writings of a major figure in twentieth-century intellectual life...
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Author: Stanley Corngold
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Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic by Corngold, Stanley

Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic

$800.96
Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic by Corngold, Stanley

Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic

$800.96
Author: Stanley Corngold
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The first complete account of the ideas and writings of a major figure in twentieth-century intellectual life

Walter Kaufmann (1921-1980) was a charismatic philosopher, critic, translator, and poet who fled Nazi Germany at the age of eighteen, emigrating alone to the United States. He was astonishingly prolific until his untimely death at age fifty-nine, writing some dozen major books, all marked by breathtaking erudition and a provocative essayistic style. He single-handedly rehabilitated Nietzsche's reputation after World War II and was enormously influential in introducing postwar American readers to existentialism. Until now, no book has examined his intellectual legacy.

Stanley Corngold provides the first in-depth study of Kaufmann's thought, covering all his major works. He shows how Kaufmann speaks to many issues that concern us today, such as the good of philosophy, the effects of religion, the persistence of tragedy, and the crisis of the humanities in an age of technology. Few scholars in modern times can match Kaufmann's range of interests, from philosophy and literature to intellectual history and comparative religion, from psychology and photography to art and architecture. Corngold provides a heartfelt portrait of a man who, to an extraordinary extent, transfigured his personal experience in the pages of his books.

This original study, both appreciative and critical, is the definitive intellectual life of one of the twentieth century's most engaging yet neglected thinkers. It will introduce Kaufmann to a new generation of readers and serves as a fitting tribute to a scholar's incomparable libido sciendi, or lust for knowledge.

Author: Stanley Corngold
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 12/11/2018
Pages: 760
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.60lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.60w x 2.00d
ISBN: 9780691165011


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2018
Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 90
Choice 06/01/2019

About the Author
Stanley Corngold is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at Princeton University. His many books include The Fate of the Self: German Writers and French Theory; Complex Pleasure: Forms of Feeling in German Literature; Lambent Traces: Franz Kafka (Princeton); and Franz Kafka: The Ghosts in the Machine. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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