The Life and Work of Gunther Anders Vol. 8Emigre, Iconoclast, Philosopher, Man of Letters |
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| Editor:
| Bischof, Gunter
Dawsey, Jason
Fetz, Bernhard |
| Series title: | Studien Verlag Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-7065-5352-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2015 |
| Publisher: | StudienVerlag GesmbH
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $52.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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.