Ghosts of the present – Wolfram Eilenberger on the daring of independent thinkers
Which philosophy can still guide us today? On the trail of Theodor W. Adorno, Susan Sontag, Michel Foucault and Paul K. Feyerabend, Geister der Gegenwart [“Ghosts of the Present”] is a captivating story of the dawn of a new Enlightenment.
Winter 1949: Theodor W. Adorno returns from the USA to bombed-out Frankfurt, while war-injured Paul K. Feyerabend heads back to Vienna. Precocious high school student Susan Sontag meets Thomas Mann in Los Angeles. In Paris, young Michel Foucault attempts suicide again. In the wake of the catastrophe of the Second World War, these four independent thinkers are finding their way to a new philosophizing which will revolutionize how we think about our society, culture and science.
Wolfram Eilenberger presents another storytelling masterpiece which heralds the power of philosophy to break free from the constraints of the present. It is full of surprising insights and liberating inspiration for our crisis-stricken times. Host: Christian Schärf
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Wolfram Eilenberger
Writer and philosopher Wolfram Eilenberger was born in 1972. He hosts… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Christian Schärf
Christian Schärf, born in Ludwigshafen/Rh. in 1960, is a literary … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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