The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century - Rilegato

Watson, Peter

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ISBN 10: 0060760222 ISBN 13: 9780060760229

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2010

Riassunto

Explores the transformation of Germany between 1750 and 1933, when some of Germany's greatest thinkers--artists, writers, philosophers, scientists and engineers--turned their country into a dominant intellectual and cultural force in Europe that helped shape modern America and Britain. 20,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“A compilation of essential German contributions to philosophy, theology, mathematics, natural and social science and the arts since 1750. Watson enshrines a vast pantheon of creative thinkers... [including] compressed summaries of some exceedingly difficult ideas. The range of subjects is impressive, from painters to physicists.” (New York Times Book Review)

“[The German Genius is] Watson’s eight-hundred-and-fifty-page love letter to the all-stars of the Teutonic intellect...his élan generates its own momentum... The book’s breadth is part of the point.” (The New Yorker)

“Reveals several surprises. . . . A remarkable book on many levels. The research is first-rate and it is surprisingly accessible.” (Tucson Citizen)

“A tour de force. . . . It is impossible not to be impressed by his range and versatility as he bounds across the disciplines. . . . This intelligent book presents a breathtaking panorama.” (Sunday Times (London))

“[A] colossal encyclopaedia. . . . Heroic. . . . Watson derives the German genius from deep springs.” (The Guardian)

“Watson’s book is intended to subvert the negative German stereotypes. Though it checks in at just short of 1,000 pages, it is a usefully concise introduction to the principal themes and personalities of German scientific, philosophical, social, literary and artistic culture since 1750.” (The Times (London))

“Few wasted words―a welcome resource for students of modern history, literature and cultural studies.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Watson tells how the Nazis’ first artistic blacklist appeared just six weeks after Hitler assumed power in 1933 - and how his catastrophic handling of his intellectual inheritance has unfairly overshadowed the country ever since. This exhaustive and virtuoso sweep through history goes some way to restoring the balance.” (Press Association)

“The German Genius present a huge corpus of scholarship in easily digestible form, and its range is astonishing. No professor, least of all a German one, would have dared to essay such a synthesis; so much the worse for the professors.” (Standpoint)

“He has an enviable gift of explaining lucidly and cogently ideas that are complicated or profound (or both). . . . Everyone interested in the sufferings and greatness of modern culture will be informed, entertained and provoked by it.” (Literary Review)

L'autore:

Peter Watson has been a senior editor at the London Sunday Times, the New York correspondent of the daily Times, and a columnist for the Observer. He has also written regularly for the New York Times and the Spectator. He is the author of several books of cultural and intellectual history, most recently Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud. From 1997 to 2007 he was a research associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. He lives in London.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0060760222
• ISBN 13: 9780060760229
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 964