Karl Jaspers
Physician, Psychologist, Philosopher, Political Thinker
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Beschreibung
This volume offers a review of the dangerous and difficult life of Karl Jaspers as well as an introduction to his extensive work and work in the fields of psychiatry, philosophy and liberal political education.
This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Karl Jaspers by Kurt Salamun, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of toolsfor the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
This book paints a brief picture of Karl Jaspers' unusual life and philosophy. The reader gets to know a brave personality who had to face a life between extremes. Threatened by an incurable disease and harassed by the Nazi regime, Jaspers nevertheless succeeds in building a fruitful work as a psychiatrist, researcher, academic teacher, philosopher and political writer and living an unusually happy marriage in the process. The reader is introduced to the main themes of his thinking: the meaning of life in borderline situations, interpersonal communication, God, the meaning of history and the defense of democracy. His criticism of illiberal totalitarian ways of thinking,
Introduction and overview of Karl Jasper's life and work Up-to-date and comprehensible access to Jasper's philosophy Comprehensive and systematic presentation
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Kurt Salamun
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