{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-catastrophe-anson-rabinbach-9780520226906","title":"In the Shadow of Catastrophe: German Intellectuals Between Apocalypse and Enlightenment Volume 14","description":"These essays by eminent European intellectual and cultural historian Anson Rabinbach address the writings of key figures in twentieth-century German philosophy. Rabinbach explores their ideas in relation to the two world wars and the horrors facing Europe at that time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzing the work of Benjamin and Bloch, he suggests their indebtedness to the traditions of Jewish messianism. In a discussion of Hugo Ball's little-known \u003ci\u003eCritique of the German Intelligentsia\u003c\/i\u003e, Rabinbach reveals the curious intellectual career of the Dadaist and antiwar activist turned-nationalist and anti-Semite. His examination of Heidegger's \"Letter on Humanism\" and Jaspers's \u003ci\u003eThe Question of German Guilt\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the complex and often obscure political referents of these texts. Turning to Horkheimer and Adorno's \u003ci\u003eDialectic of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e, Rabinbach offers an arresting new interpretation of this central text of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School. Subtly and persuasively argued, his book will become an indispensable reference point for all concerned with twentieth-century German history and thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anson Rabinbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520226909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520226906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.33w x 1.01d","brand":"Anson Rabinbach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130112962815,"sku":"9780520226906","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4971bbe7-7432-48de-a1a5-56888777baa2.jpg?v=1687467631","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-catastrophe-anson-rabinbach-9780520226906","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}