Jewish existentialists
Jewish existentialism is a category of work by Jewish authors dealing with existentialist themes and concepts (e.g. debate about the existence of God and the meaning of human existence), and intended to answer theological questions that are important in Judaism.
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CulturePhilosophySocial philosophersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesPhilosophy writersPhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of scienceAphoristsPhilosophers of lawExistentialistsGerman political philosophersPolitical philosophersGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationJewish agnosticsModernist writersPhilosophers of technology20th-century German philosophersHeidelberg University alumniJewish socialistsWomen religious writersAmerican political philosophersExilliteratur writersFabulistsMembers of the American Academy of Arts and Letters20th-century deaths from tuberculosisAbsurdist writersAmerican philosophers of educationCharles University alumniGerman Ashkenazi JewsGerman agnosticsGerman women philosophersJewish atheistsJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesMagic realism writers20th-century American essayists20th-century American philosophers20th-century American women writers20th-century Austrian male writers, Jewish novelists, Jews from Austria-Hungary, Writers from Austria-Hungary20th-century German non-fiction writers20th-century German women writersAmerican Ashkenazi Jews, American Zionists, American agnostics, German ZionistsAustrian atheistsIntellectual historians, University of Chicago facultyPrinceton University facultyScholars of antisemitismThe New School facultyUniversity of Marburg alumni
Hannah Arendt
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Hannah Arendt who examined totalitarianism and politics and, when covering the Eichmann trial, explored 'the banality of evil'.
2 February 2017
Featuring: Lyndsey Stonebridge, Frisbee Sheffield, Robert Eaglestone
PhilosophyScholars of antisemitismAmerican philosophers of educationThe New School facultyPhilosophers of cultureExilliteratur writersMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersPrinceton University facultyGerman women philosophersGerman agnostics20th-century German women writers20th-century German non-fiction writersJewish existentialistsGerman Ashkenazi JewsAmerican political philosophersPhilosophy writers20th-century American essayistsGerman political philosophersPhilosophers of lawPolitical philosophersJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesPhilosophers of technologyGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationAmerican Ashkenazi Jews, American Zionists, American agnostics, German ZionistsFellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences20th-century German philosophersPhilosophers of sciencePhilosophers of history20th-century American women writersHeidelberg University alumni20th-century American philosophersJewish agnosticsUniversity of Marburg alumniSocial philosophersWomen religious writersIntellectual historians, University of Chicago facultyExistentialists20th centuryAmericaGermanyKafka's The Trial
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Franz Kafka's novel The Trial.
27 November 2014
Featuring: Elizabeth Boa, Steve Connor, Ritchie Robertson
CultureMagic realism writersModernist writersJewish socialistsJewish atheistsJewish existentialistsAustrian atheistsAbsurdist writers20th-century deaths from tuberculosisAphoristsFabulists20th-century Austrian male writers, Jewish novelists, Jews from Austria-Hungary, Writers from Austria-HungaryCharles University alumni20th centuryLaw