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Erinnerungen

Title: Erinnerungen / Hans Jonas ; nach Gesprächen mit Rachel Salamander ; Vorwort von Rachel Salamander ; Geleitwort von Lore Jonas ; herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Christian Wiese.
Author: Jonas, Hans, 1903-1993.
Publication: Frankfurt : Insel, 2003.

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503 p., [24] p. of plates : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

Memoirs of the German Jewish philosopher Hans Jonas, as told to Rachel Salamander. Jonas was born in 1903 in Mönchengladbach to a wealthy, assimilated family. In 1918 he became involved in Zionist activity. A student, at first, of Husserl, he moved to Marburg to study with Heidegger in 1924. There he began a life-long friendship with Hannah Arendt. In 1933 Jonas immigrated to Palestine. In 1940 he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British army, and served in North Africa and Italy. From there he went to Germany in 1945, where he found out that his mother had perished in Auschwitz. In 1949, Jonas immigrated to Canada, and in 1955 to New York. His views on the social and ethical problems created by technology have greatly inspired the green movement. Pp. 129-161 deal with Jonas' emigration from Germany; pp. 299-309 trace his philisophical and personal settling of accounts with Heidegger; pp. 339-347 present his views on the concept of God after Auschwitz.

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Memoirs (form)
Bibliographies (form)
German prose literature

ISBN

3458171568
9783458171560

LCCN

2003362445

OCLC

ocm52188571
52188571
SCSB-9507563

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Princeton University Library