| Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic Contributor(s): Corngold, Stanley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691211531 ISBN-13: 9780691211534 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers |
| Dewey: 191 |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 5.8" W x 9.2" (2.40 lbs) 760 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 single-handedly rehabilitated Nietzsche's reputation after World War II and was enormously influential in introducing postwar American readers to existentialism. Stanley Corngold provides the first in-depth study of Kaufmann's thought, showing how he speaks to many issues that concern us today. Kaufmann 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. Corngold introduces Kaufmann to a new generation of readers, vividly portraying the intellectual life of one of the twentieth century's most engaging and neglected thinkers. |