Autor Wolfram Eilenberger

'The question Eilenberger sets out to answer in this ambitious, enthralling book: what use is philosophy in the middle of a war?' The Sunday TimesThe year is 1933. Hannah Arendt escapes Berlin, seeking refuge among the stateless gathering in Paris. Simone…

An enthralling intellectual adventure, starring the four women who created new ways of thinking from the ruins of totalitarianism and warThe year is 1933. Hannah Arendt escapes Berlin, seeking refuge among the stateless gathering in Paris. Simone de…

The year is 1919. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a critic. Ludwig Wittgenstein signs away his inheritance, seeking spiritual clarity.Martin Heidegger renounces his faith and align his fortunes with Husserl's phenomenological…