The Life and Work of Gunther Anders: Emigre, Iconoclast, Philosopher, Man of Letters Contributor(s): Bischof, Gunter (Editor), Dawsey, Jason (Editor), Fetz, Bernhard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 370655352X ISBN-13: 9783706553520 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers - History | Modern - 20th Century - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 204 pages |
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Publisher Description: This volume recovers and reintroduces the work of Gunther Anders (1902-1992), "the most neglected German philosopher of the twentieth century," according to Jean-Pierre Dupuy. In his main philosophical work, Die Antiquiert-heit des Menschen (1956), Anders developed what he called a "philosophy of discrepancy," an analysis of the gap between what we are able to produce and what we are able to imagine. Over a long career stretching almost seventy years, Anders published numerous philosophical essays, short stories, and poetry. His role as an arch-critic of ever more advancing technological mass society, in general, and the nuclear age, in particular, defined him as a public intellectual par excellence of the Cold War era. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fetz, Bernhard: - Bernhard Fetz is director of the Literaturarchiv der Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek and associate professor of German studies at the University of Vienna. Dawsey, Jason: - Jason Dawsey teaches history at the University of Southern Mississippi. Bischof, Gunter: -GUnter Bischof is the Marshall Plan Professor of History and director of Center Austria at the University of New Orleans. |