Ernst Cassirer: the last philosopher of culture
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Beteilige Person: Skidelsky, Edward (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Princeton Princeton University Press c2008
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400828944
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-279) and index
This is the first English-language intellectual biography of the German-Jewish philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945), a leading figure on the Weimar intellectual scene and one of the last and finest representatives of the liberal-idealist tradition. Edward Skidelsky traces the development of Cassirer's thought in its historical and intellectual setting. He presents Cassirer, the author of The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, as a defender of the liberal ideal of culture in an increasingly fragmented world, and as someone who grappled with the opposing forces of scientific positivism and romanti
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 288 p)
ISBN:9781400828944
DOI:10.1515/9781400828944