Wolfram Eilenberger
The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil and the Salvation of Philosophy
The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil and the Salvation of Philosophy
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In the middle of a war, four philosophers (Hannah Arendt, Simone de Beauvoir, Ayn Rand, and Simone Weil) come up with ideas that will change the world in the second half of the century. The book "The Visionaries" follows their footsteps from Leningrad to New York, Spain during the civil war, and France under occupation, as they face injustice, unfreedom, and violence. Wolfram Eilenberger shows how their radical philosophies are part of the same story and testify to the redemptive power of thought.
Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 08 August 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
The question that Eilenberger sets out to answer in this ambitious and enthralling book is: what use is philosophy in the middle of a war?
The year is 1933. Hannah Arendt escapes Berlin, seeking refuge among the stateless gathering in Paris. Simone de Beauvoir reimagines the dance between consciousness and the world outside in a Rouen café. Ayn Rand labors in Hollywood exile on the novel she believes destined to reignite the flame of liberty in her adoptive nation. Simone Weil, disenchanted with the revolution's course in Russia, devotes her entire being to the plight of the oppressed. Over the next decade, one of the darkest in Europe's history, these four philosophers will conceive in parallel ideas that would circle the globe in the second half of the century, reshaping it.
The Visionaries follows in its protagonists' footsteps from Leningrad to New York, Spain at civil war to France under occupation, as each is uprooted by totalitarianism's ascendance. It shows them facing the injustices, unfreedom, and unfathomable violence of their time as women, refugees, activists, resistance fighters - but above all as thinkers. Wolfram Eilenberger expertly distills the radical philosophies each lived as well as created, showing the two to be part of the same story, all testament to the redemptive power of thought.
Weight: 626g
Dimension: 241 x 158 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241537374
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