The Visionaries
Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil and the Salvation of Philosophy
$20.09
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2024
Summary
An enthralling intellectual adventure, starring four women who created new ways of thinking from the ruins of totalitarianism and war
The year is 1933. Hannah Arendt escapes Berlin, seeking refuge among the stateless gathering in Paris. Simone de Beauvoir reimagines the dance between consciousness and the world outside in a Rouen cafe. Ayn Rand labours in Hollywood exile on the novel she believes destined to reignite the flame of liberty in her adoptive nation. Simone Weil, disenchant…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141998473 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141998474 |
| Author: | Wolfram Eilenberger, Shaun Whiteside |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 298g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 23mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Ambitious, enthralling … this is a wonderful book – Laura Hackett * The Sunday Times *
The ceaseless intellectual questing of all four makes for fascinating reading – Caroline Moorehead * Guardian *
Illuminates the times through which these philosophers developed their ideas - and vice versa – Stuart Jeffries * Observer *
About The Author
Wolfram Eilenberger
Wolfram Eilenberger is a founding editor of Philosophie Magazin and host of the Sternstunde Philosophie television programme. He has taught philosophy at the University of Toronto, Indiana University, the Berlin University of the Arts and ETH Z rich. His most recent book, Time of the Magicians, was a runaway bestseller on publication in Germany, where it won the prestigious Bayerischer Buchpreis, as well as in Spain and Italy, and has been translated into more than thirty languages.
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