Review: Austin Harrington, German Cosmopolitan Thought and the Idea of the West: Voices from Weimar
Thomas Kemple
Austin Harrington’s monumental investigation into the ‘radical centrists’ of Weimar Republic is discussed in terms key themes such as universalism, cosmopolitanism, and critique Eurocentrism that still resonate with recent debates. Contrasting voices lesser known critical intellectuals from this period Karl Jaspers Kark Mannheim political writings Max Weber Georg Simmel, well reactionary positions Carl Schmitt Martin Heidegger, book affords a useful perspective on ‘protesting West’, yesterday today.
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