Karl Jaspers: A Biography by Suzanne Kirkbright

Karl Jaspers: A Biography by Suzanne Kirkbright

Throughout his life, German philosopher Karl Jaspers (1883--1969) recorded his experiences and reflections in diaries and correspondence. This comprehensive biography is the first to explore these extensive and candid private writings that illuminate not only Jaspers' life and relationships but also the ideas he proposed in Way to Wisdom, The Question of German Guilt, and many other published works. Suzanne Kirkbright provides a sensitive and intimate portrait of the philosopher whose work on truth, personal integrity, and the capacity for communication contrasted acutely with the erosion of such values in Germany in his lifetime. She describes how Jaspers' Jewish wife, Gertrud, influenced his thinking, the loss in 1937 of his professorship at Heidelberg University, and his relationship with such celebrated colleagues as Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt. Kirkbright examines the unshakeable ethical content of Jaspers' philosophy and demonstrates his unique and scrupulous personal adherence to the philosophical principles he espoused.

This insightful biography is the first to draw on the full range of Jaspers' diaries and correspondence, and it illuminates not only the German philosopher's life and relationships but also the ideas he developed in his worksThe book describes how Jaspers' Jewish wife, his relationships with celebrated colleagues, and his unshakeable sense of ethics all influenced his thinking and philosophy.-->

The Author: Suzanne Kirkbright is a lecturer in German thought and contemporary literature, at the University of Aston, Birmingham.

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ISBN 13	9780300102420
ISBN 10	0300102429
Title	Karl Jaspers: A Biography
Author	Suzanne Kirkbright
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	2004-10-11
Number of pages	400
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