Memoirs / Hans Jonas ; edited and annotated by Christian Wiese ; translated from the German by Krishna Winston.

Author/creator Jonas, Hans
Other author Wiese, Christian, 1961-
Format Book
Edition[1st ed.].
Publication InfoWaltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover : Published by University Press of New England, ©2008.
Descriptionxvii, 314 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

Uniform titleErinnerungen. English
SeriesThe Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series
Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered) ^A510892
Contents Youth in Münchengladbach during wartime -- Dreams of glory: the road to Zionism -- Between philosophy and Zion: Freiburg, Berlin, Wolfenbüttel -- Marburg: under the spell of Heidegger and gnosticism -- Emigration, refuge, and friends in Jerusalem -- Love in times of war -- A "Bellum Judaicum" in the truest sense of the word -- Travels through a Germany in ruins -- From Israel to the New World: launching an academic career -- Friendships and encounters in New York -- Taking leave of Heidegger -- On the value and dignity of life: philosophy of the organic and ethics of responsibility -- "All this is mere stammering": Auschwitz and God's impotence -- Didactic letters to Lore Jonas, 1944-45.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-305) and index.
LanguageTranslated from the German.
LCCN 2008007651
ISBN9781584656395 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1584656395 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks B3279.J664 A313 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold