My Life in Germany Before and After 1933

by Karl Löwith

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"Written in 1939 while the philosopher Karl Lowith was in exile in Japan, and first published in Germany in 1986, this autobiography focuses on the years 1914-39, a crucial period in the growth of Hitler's Germany. It covers Lowith's youth in Germany, his emigration to Italy and from there to Japan, and his meeting with Martin Heidegger in Rome in 1936. Included are philosophical-biographical vignettes of leading German intellectual figures of the day: the George circle, Oswald Spengler, show more Karl Barth, and Carl Schmitt." "My Life in Germany Before and After 1933 represents the search by a German-Jewish intellectual for political and cultural identity in the Germany of the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. It provides a valuable account of the intellectual and social ambience before and after 1933 and will be of value to philosophers, intellectual historians, and those interested in German history."--BOOK JACKET. show less

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Original title
Mein Leben in Deutschland vor und nach 1933
Original publication date
1986

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Philosophy, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History
DDC/MDS
193Philosophy & psychologyModern western philosophyPhilosophy of Germany and Austria
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B3299 .L684 .A3Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionPhilosophy (General)By periodModernBy region or country
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