Günther Anders ( German Günther Anders ; July 12, 1902 , Breslau , under the name Günther Stern ( German Günther Stern ), German Empire - December 17, 1992 , Vienna , Austria ) - Austrian writer, philosopher of German-Jewish origin, an active participant in the global anti-nuclear and anti-war movement.
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| Birth name | Gunter Stern |
| Date of Birth | July 12, 1902 |
| Place of Birth | Breslau , German Empire |
| Date of death | December 17, 1992 (90 years) |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austria |
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| Language (s) of Works | , and |
| Direction | Western Philosophy |
| Period | XX century philosophy |
| Main interests | politics , frankfurt school , anti-war movement, anti-nuclear movement |
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Biography
The son of the founders of child psychology, William Shtern and Clara Stern (née Josefi, 1877–1948), is a cousin of Walter Benjamin . He studied in Berlin with Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger (together with Hans Jonas and Hannah Arendt), Ernst Kassirer and Paul Tillich , was close to the Frankfurt School of Social Research ( T. Adorno , G. Markuze , M. Horkheimer , Erich Fromm and others. ). He was married to Hannah Arendt ( 1929 - 1937 ). After the Nazis came to power, he emigrated first to Paris and then in 1936 to the USA . In 1950 he returned to Europe, settled in Vienna, received Austrian citizenship.
Received fame after the publication of the book "The Obsolete Man" ( 1956 ). He traveled to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1958, to Auschwitz in 1966 , after which he published essays on his travels in the books The Man on the Bridge ( 1959 ) and The Inscription on the Wall ( 1967 ). The second book (with the chapter about Auschwitz entitled “Excursion to Hades”) is a diary that covers the period from 1941 to 1966 . Anders' biographical book about Hannah Arendt was published only in 2011 (Die Kirschenschlacht: Dialoge mit Hannah Arendt. München: Verlag CH Beck; fr. Translation - 2013).
Family
Was married three times:
- 1929-1937: Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), philosopher.
- 1945–1955: Elizabeth Freundlich (1906–2001), writer.
- 1957–1992: Charlotte Louis Zelka (Zelkowitz) (1930–2001), pianist.
Major Works
- Human obsolescence ( him. Die Antiquiertheit des Menschen 1956)
- Man on the bridge (1959)
- The inscription on the wall ( him. Die Schrift an der Wand 1967)
Author of monographs on Rodin , Kafka , George Grosse , Brecht , Heidegger.
See also
- Waiver of nuclear power
Recognition
- Theodore Adorno Prize ( 1983 ).
- Sigmund Freud Prize for Scientific Prose ( 1992 ).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 BNF ID : 2011 open data platform .
Literature
- Dijk P. van. The Philosophical Contribution of Guenther Anders. Amsterdam ao: Rodopi, 2000
- Jolly E. Nihilism and technology. Sketch of Gunter Anders, 2010 (Fr.)