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Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche & Kafka
William Hubben
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Description for Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche & Kafka
paperback. Previously published in 1962, a portrait of our philosophical times seen through the lives and writings of Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzche and Kafka. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 106 x 17. Weight in Grams: 117.
How four of Europe’s most mysterious and fascinating writers shaped the modern mind.
Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Kafka were all outsiders in their societies, unable to fit into the accepted nineteenth-century categories of theology, philosophy, or belles lettres. Instead, they saw themselves both as the end products of a dying civilization and as prophets of the coming chaos of the twentieth century. In this brilliant combination of biography and lucid exposition, their apocalyptic visions of the future are woven together into a provocative portrait of modernity.
“This small book has a depth of insight and a comprehensiveness ... Read more
How four of Europe’s most mysterious and fascinating writers shaped the modern mind.
Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Kafka were all outsiders in their societies, unable to fit into the accepted nineteenth-century categories of theology, philosophy, or belles lettres. Instead, they saw themselves both as the end products of a dying civilization and as prophets of the coming chaos of the twentieth century. In this brilliant combination of biography and lucid exposition, their apocalyptic visions of the future are woven together into a provocative portrait of modernity.
“This small book has a depth of insight and a comprehensiveness ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scribner United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780684825892
SKU
V9780684825892
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About William Hubben
William Hubben was the editor of the Friends Journal and is the author of Exiled Pilgrim, an account of his own life and time.
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