Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic
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Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic
By (Author) Stanley Corngold
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
11th January 2021
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Western philosophy from c 1800
191
Physical Properties
Paperback
760
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
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 Wo
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Author Bio
Stanley Corngold is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at Princeton University. His books include Complex Pleasure: Forms of Feeling in German Literature and Lambent Traces: Franz Kafka (Princeton).
