Prophets Without Honour Freud, Kafka, Einstein, and Their World

The horrible atrocities of the Nazi war machine of the 1930s and 1940s, including the brutal persecution and murder of millions of Jews, are by now well documented. But rarely discussed is the equally vicious assault the Nazis made upon Jewish intellectual achievements. The century leading up to Hitler's rise to power was one in which German-Jewish thinkers flourished, producing an immense outpouring of literature, music. and ideas. It was a golden age in intellectual history, second only to the Italian Renaissance. Prophets Without Honour is the collective biography of some of the era's extraordinary minds—Kafka. Einstein, Mahler, and Freud, as well as many lesser known, though by no means less important or impressive, thinkers, such as Walter Benjamin. Carl Sternheim, and Else Lasker-Schüler. Weaving together each of their stories into a colorful mosaic, Grunfeld brings these thinkers and their world to life, citing anecdotes that make evident their frustration and their pain. Throughout this moving book, Grunfeld reminds us of what we lost in the collapse of the Weimar Renaissance and what remains largely forgotten to this day. Frederic V. Grunfeld, who died in 1987, worked as an editor at Horizon. New York. and Queen magazines. He wrote several books. including Rodin: A Blography and Berlin.

Kiadó:

Kodansha International Ltd.

Kiadás éve:

1996

ISBN:

1568361076

Kötés típusa:

ragasztott papír

Terjedelem:

335

Nyelv:

angol

Méret:

Szélesség: 14.00cm, Magasság: 21.00cm

Kategória:

Judaika

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