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German Scholars in Exile
. Ed(S): Fair-Schulz, Axel; Kessler, Mario
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Description for German Scholars in Exile
German Scholars in Exiledeals with intellectuals who fled Nazi Germany and found refuge in either the United States or in American Services in Great Britain and post-WWII Germany. The volume focuses on scholars who were outside the commonly known Max Horkheimer-Hannah Arendt circles, who are less well-known but not less important. Editor(s): Fair-Schulz, Axel; Kessler, Mario. Series: Logos: Perspectives on Modern Society and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
German Scholars in Exiledeals with intellectuals who fled Nazi Germany and found refuge in either the United States or in American Services in Great Britain and post-WWII Germany. The volume focuses on scholars who were outside the commonly known Max Horkheimer-Hannah Arendt circles, who are less well-known but not less important. Their experiences ranged from an outstanding career at an Ivy-League university to a return to the German Democratic Republic and a position as an economic advisor to East Berlin's party leadership. None had actual political power, but many asserted some degree of influence. Their intellecutal legacies can still be ... Read more
German Scholars in Exiledeals with intellectuals who fled Nazi Germany and found refuge in either the United States or in American Services in Great Britain and post-WWII Germany. The volume focuses on scholars who were outside the commonly known Max Horkheimer-Hannah Arendt circles, who are less well-known but not less important. Their experiences ranged from an outstanding career at an Ivy-League university to a return to the German Democratic Republic and a position as an economic advisor to East Berlin's party leadership. None had actual political power, but many asserted some degree of influence. Their intellecutal legacies can still be ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Series
Logos: Perspectives on Modern Society and Culture
Number of Pages
260
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739150238
SKU
V9780739150238
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About . Ed(S): Fair-Schulz, Axel; Kessler, Mario
Axel Fair-Schulzis assistant professor of history at The State University of New York at Potsdam and author of Loyal Subversion: East Germany and its bildungsbürgerlich Marxist Intellectuals. Mario Kessler is associate professor of contemporary history at University of Potsdam and author of Historia magistra vitae? Über Geschichtswissenschaft und politische Bildung.
Reviews for German Scholars in Exile
German Scholars in Exile: New Studies in Intellectual History is a diverse collection of intellectual biographies of not-soon-to-be-forgotten scholars. The volume is both a grim testament to the intellectual upheavals resulting from fascist oppression and the violence of war as well as a celebration of the tenacity and determination of those exiled by war to develop innovative and lasting contributions ... Read more