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Eintrag Nr. 686
Literature type Lyrics, Prose, Films, Arts
Author Yalom, Irvin D.
Title The Spinoza problem
Subtitle a novel
Place published Brunswick, Vic.
Publisher Scribe Publications
Year 2012
Pages in total (of the volume) xii, 324
Language English
Thematic areas Biography, Epistemology / methodology / philosophy of mind, Anthropology / psychology / doctrine of affections / body and mind, Reception history, Literary or artistic representation
Subject (individuals) Rosenberg, Alfred
Other editions / translations Erneut/again:
Niederländisch/Dutch (2012)
Deutsch/German (2012)
Ital. (2012)
Türkisch/Turkish (2012)
Russisch/Russian (2012)
Katalan. (2013)
Französisch/French (2012, 2018)
Arabisch/Arabian (2019)
Portugiesisch (2019)
Reviews Zabcı (2015)
Autopsy yes
Complete bibliographic evaluation no
German commentary Die Weltanschauungen des jüdischen Philosophen Baruch Spinoza und Alfred Rosenbergs, des führenden Ideologen während des nationalsozialistischen Regimes, könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Trotzdem gibt es eine Verbindung zwischen ihnen, von der kaum jemand weiß, denn bis zu seinem Tod war Rosenberg wie besessen vom Werk des jüdischen Rationalisten. Fesselnd erzählt der große Psychoanalytiker Irvin D. Yalom die Geschichte dieser beiden unterschiedlichen Männer und entführt seine Leser dabei in die Welt der Philosophie und gleichzeitig auch in die Tiefen der menschlichen Psyche.
Zum weit verbreiteten Bewusstsein dieses Problems unter den NS-Anhängern und deren Reaktion cf. Walther 1993 .
English commentary A new novel exploring the inner life of Spinoza - a man who changed the course of history by paving the way for the Enlightenment, who founded the field of biblical criticism, and who formulated many ideas highly relevant to the field of psychotherapy.
A second plot explores the personal development and inner life of Alfred Rosenberg, the major Nazi ideologue, who played a decisive role in the Nazi destruction of European Jews. Though Spinoza and Rosenberg lived three hundred years apart, Rosenberg and the Nazis had a thorny "Spinoza problem": many revered German thinkers, among them Goethe, revered the Jew Spinoza. This paradox is at the heart of this novel.
As to the wide spread awareness of this problem with the adherents of the NS ideology and their reactions, cf. Walther 2013 .
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