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At the Threshold of the Modern Age

Name: At the Threshold of the Modern Age
Brand: FLORIS BOOKS
SKU: 9780863158452
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FLORIS BOOKSISBN: 9780863158452

Biographies Around the Year 1861

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By Karl Koenig, Translated by Simon Blaxland de Lange
Imprint: FLORIS BOOKS
Release Date: January 14, 2012
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 400

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The late nineteenth-century was an era of contrasts. On the one hand, philosophical materialism was increasing its influence over science. On the other, there was a growing social awareness and quest for spiritual values. Karl Konig explores the personal stories of twenty-nine pioneers whose work and experiences helped shape that era. They include artists and writers, social reformers, philosophers and political activists, and scientists. He considers how they responded as individuals to the challenges of the changing world around them. His insights and conclusions are relevant for us today, as we face our own time of change and upheaval.The biographies include Helen Keller (1880-1968), Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), Sigmund Freud (18561939), Lou Salome; (1861-1937), Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and Adolf von Hildebrand (1847-1921).

Adalbert Stifter (18051868) Austrian writer and painterSamuel Hahnemann (17551843) Founder of homeopathyHelen Keller (18801968) Deaf-blind author and political activistErnst von Feuchtersleben (18061849) Austrian physician and philosopherJosef Breuer (18421925) Austrian physician who laid the foundations of psychoanalysisSigmund Freud (18561939) Founder of psychoanalysisJustinus Kerner (17861862) German poet and medical writerRudolf Virchow (18211902) German anthropologist and biologistWilhelm Dilthey (18331911) German philosopherRudolph Wagner (18651864) German anatomist and physiologistAlma Mahler (18791964) Austrian socialiteLou Salom and eacute; (18611937) Russian-born psychoanalyst and writerGustav Mahler (18601911) Austrian-Bohemian composerMarie Eugenie delle Grazie (18641931) Writer and dramatistKarl Eugen Neumann (18651915) Translator of Buddhist writingsRobert Owen (17711858) Industrialist and social reformerHarry Graf Kessler (18681937) Anglo-German diplomat and arts patronCharles Darwin (18091882) English naturalistCharles Grant (1841-1889) Scottish poet and literary criticAdolf von Hildebrand (18471921) German sculptorAnton Dohrn (18401909) German DarwinistHans von Mare and eacute;s (18371887) German painterCarl Ludwig Schleich (18591922) German surgeon and writer

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