David Friedrich Strauß, Father of Unbelief: An Intellectual Biography by Beiser, Frederick C.

David Friedrich Strauﾟ, Father of Unbelief: An Intellectual Biography (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198859857)

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David Friedrich Strauß, Father of Unbelief: An Intellectual Biography by Beiser, Frederick C.

David Friedrich Strauﾟ, Father of Unbelief: An Intellectual Biography

$99.00
David Friedrich Strauß, Father of Unbelief: An Intellectual Biography by Beiser, Frederick C.

David Friedrich Strauﾟ, Father of Unbelief: An Intellectual Biography

$99.00
Format: Hardcover
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David Friedrich Strauss is a central figure in 19th century intellectual history. The first major source for the loss of faith in Christianity in Germany, his work Das Leben Jesu was the most scandalous publication in Germany during his time. His book was a critique of the claims to historical truth of the New Testament, which had been the mainstay of Protestantism since the Reformation. As the father of unbelief, his critique of Christianity preceded that of Nietzsche, Marx, Feuerbach, and Schopenhauer. His views imposed a harsh fate upon him - he was persecuted for his beliefs by religious and political authorities and was denied employment in the university and government, forcing him to live as a free-lance writer. He led a wandering and isolated life as an outcast. Here, Frederick C. Beiser studies the intellectual development of Strauss and recounts his fate, which began in faith as a young man but finally ended in unbelief.

Author: Frederick C. Beiser
ISBN-10: 0198859856
ISBN-13: 9780198859857
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/27/2020
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 5.90w x 1.00d
By Frederick C. Beiser
By Frederick C. Beiser
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Frederick C. Beiser, Professor of Philosophy, Syracuse University

Frederick C. Beiser was born and raised in the USA. He studied in the UK at Oriel College and Wolfson College, Oxford, and then in Germany for many years, receiving stipends from the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the Humboldt Stiftung during that time. He has taught in many universities in the USA including Yale, Harvard, Penn, Wisconson, Colorado, and Indiana. Beiser is currently professor of philosophy at Syracuse University, New York.

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