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Ernst Cassirer: The Last Philosopher of Culture Paperback - 2011
by Skidelsky, Edward
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- Title Ernst Cassirer: The Last Philosopher of Culture
- Author Skidelsky, Edward
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2011-11-13
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # ING9780691152356
- ISBN 9780691152356 / 0691152357
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Dewey Decimal Code 193
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From the rear cover
"Skidelsky's study of one of the great neglected twentieth-century theorists of culture and politics is welcome and timely. Subtle, erudite, and penetrating in its insights, Ernst Cassirer: The Last Philosopher of Culture will be compelling to anyone interested in the contradictions of modern culture and the future of liberal values."--John Gray, Emeritus Professor of European Thought, University of London
"It is remarkable that, until now, we have lacked a comprehensive intellectual biography of Ernst Cassirer in English. Skidelsky's accomplished study marvelously fills this void. His writing is refreshingly lucid; he provides a penetrating and insightful reconstruction of Cassirer's intellectual path."--Richard Wolin, author of The Seduction of Unreason
"A major accomplishment and an excellent introduction to Cassirer's philosophy. Most important, Skidelsky shows that Cassirer did not simply align himself with the tradition of German political thought reaching from Humboldt and Goethe to the later Thomas Mann, but that his entire philosophy was actually subservient to the project of rethinking the basis of political liberalism. Skidelsky overturns the widely accepted view that Cassirer was an apolitical epistemologist."--John Michael Krois, author of Cassirer: Symbolic Forms and History