In “Time of the Magicians,” Wolfram Eilenberger tells the story of four philosophers — Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer and Heidegger — who altered the way we see reality. By John Kaag Wolfram ...

“There is nothing which requires such gentle handling as an illusion.”—Søren Kierkegaard The idea that philosophy as questioning dialogue has a therapeutic aim and impact goes back at least as far as ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Postmodernism in philosophy holds that traditional philosophy has come (or should come) to an end, and that it must be succeeded by something ...

Between the wars, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger, Ernst Cassirer and Walter Benjamin sought to transform the world by giving it their total attention – a lesson that still resonates 100 years ...

There are a handful of works so forbidding, so notorious for the demands they place on the reader, that few people outside of literature and philosophy faculties dare approach them. Ludwig ...

The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game This gut-wrenching account from sociologist Mauldin (Made to Hear) spotlights the hardships endured by couples in the U.S. when one partner becomes ...