The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century (HarperPerennial) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The German Genius The German Genius is a virtuoso cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present day, by acclaimed historian Peter Watson (Making of the Modern Mind, Ideas). From Bach, Goethe, and Schopenhauer to Nietzsche, Freud, and Einstein, from the arts and humanities to science and philosophy, The German Genius is a lively and accessible review of over 250 years of German intellectua
Full description- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Published: 26 July 2011
- Format: Paperback 964 pages
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- Categories: Migration, Immigration & Emigration | History Of Science | European History | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Social & Cultural History
- ISBN 13: 9780060760236 ISBN 10: 0060760230
- Sales rank: 352,322
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From the end of the Baroque era and the death of Bach to the rise of Hitler, Germany was transformed from a poor relation among Western nations into a dominant intellectual and cultural force. By 1933, Germans had won more Nobel Prizes than the British and Americans combined. Yet this remarkable genius was cut down in its prime by Adolf Hitler and his disastrous Third Reich--a brutal legacy that has overshadowed the nation's achievements ever since.In this absorbing cultural and intellectual history, Peter Watson goes back through time to explore the origins of the German genius, explaining how and why it flourished, how it shaped our lives, and, most important, how it continues to influence our world. Watson's virtuoso sweep through modern German thought and culture will challenge and confound both the stereotypes the world has of Germany and those that Germany has of itself.
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