This is the first English-language intellectual biography of the
German-Jewish philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945), a leading
figure on the Weimar intellectual scene and one of the last and
finest representatives of the liberal-idealist tradition. Edward
Skidelsky traces the development of Cassirer's thought in its
historical and intellectual setting. He presents Cassirer, the
author of "The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms," as a defender of the
liberal ideal of culture in an increasingly fragmented world, and
as someone who grappled with the opposing forces of scientific
positivism and romantic vitalism. Cassirer's work can be seen,
Skidelsky argues, as offering a potential resolution to the ongoing
conflict between the "two cultures" of science and the
humanities--and between the analytic and continental traditions in
philosophy. The first comprehensive study of Cassirer in English in
two decades, this book will be of great interest to analytic and
continental philosophers, intellectual historians, political and
cultural theorists, and historians of twentieth-century
Germany.
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