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Eilenberger, Wolfram, 1972- author.
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Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986.
Weil, Simone, 1909-1943.
Rand, Ayn.
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
Women philosophers -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Feminist theory.
Philosophy -- History.
Philosophers -- Biography.
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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The visionaries : Ar...
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The visionaries : Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the power of philosophy in dark times / Wolfram Eilenberger ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.
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Eilenberger, Wolfram, 1972- author.
New York : Penguin Press, 2023.
Subjects
Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986.
Weil, Simone, 1909-1943.
Rand, Ayn.
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
Women philosophers -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Feminist theory.
Philosophy -- History.
Philosophers -- Biography.
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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9780593297452 (hardcover) :
0593297458 (hardcover) :
Description:
386 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
I. Sparks: 1943 -- II. Exiles: 1933-1934 -- III. Experiments: 1934-1935 -- IV. Nearest and dearest: 1936-1937 -- V. Events: 1938-1939 -- VI. Violence: 1939-1940 -- VII. Freedom: 1941-1942 -- VIII. Fire: 1943 -- Coda.
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"A soaring intellectual narrative starring the radical, brilliant, and provocative philosophers Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil, and Ayn Rand by the critically acclaimed author of Time of the Magicians, Wolfram Eilenberger. The period from 1933 to 1943 was one of the darkest and most chaotic in human history, as the Second World War unfolded with unthinkable cruelty. It was also a crucial decade in the dramatic, intersecting lives of some of history's greatest philosophers. In particular, four women whose parallel ideas would come to dominate the twentieth century--at once in necessary dialogue and striking contrast with one another. Simone de Beauvoir, already in a deep emotional and intellectual partnership with Jean-Paul Sartre, was laying the foundations for nothing less than the future of feminism. Born Alissa Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg before emigrating to the US in 1926, Ayn Rand was honing one of the most politically influential voices of the 20th century. Her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged would reach the hearts and minds millions of Americans in the decades to come, becoming canonical libertarian texts, which continue to echo today among Silicon Valley's tech elite. Hannah Arendt was developing some of today's most important leftwing ideas, culminating with the publication of The Origins of Totalitarianism and her arrival as a peerless intellectual celebrity. Perhaps the greatest thinker of all was a classmate of de Beauvoir: Simone Weil, who turned away from fame to devote herself entirely to refugee aid and the resistance movement during the war. Ultimately, in 1943, she would starve to death in England, a martyr and true saint in the eyes of many. Few authors can synthesize gripping storytelling with sophisticated philosophy like Wolfram Eilenberger. The Visionaries tells the story of four singular philosophers--indomitable women who were refugees and resistance fighters--each putting forward a vision of a truly free and open society at a time of authoritarianism and war"-- Provided by publisher.
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190 Eilenberger
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