Being Singular
We’re all single individuals. What implications does this have for us?
How do we cope with our own separateness?
Rüdiger Safranski on the opposing poles of the individual and ...
Rüdiger Safranski
who was born in 1945, studied philosophy, German studies, history and art history. He is a research assistant, publisher and editor of the Berliner Hefte, a lecturer in adult education and a freelance author since 1986. His work, which has been translated into 26 languages, has been awarded the Thomas Mann Prize (2014), the Ludwig Börne Prize (2017) and the German National Prize (2018), among others. Most recent publications by Hanser have been Hölderlin. Komm! ins Offene, Freund! (a biography, 2019) and Klassiker! (2019, together with Michael Krüger and Martin Meyer). Safranski lives in Badenweiler.
Classics!
Classics? A conversation that is as enjoyable as it is necessary
Goethe and Schiller, Hölderlin and Nietzsche: How are the classics faring? How can they assert themselves in an age ...
Hölderlin
Friedrich Hölderlin is the great unknown among the classics of German literature: a genius of the synergy between philosophy, religion and poetry. The 250th anniversary of his birth in March ...
moreOn Time
With time as his central theme, Rüdiger Safranski expounds on the human condition, encouraging us to reclaim the experience of time in all its infinite variety.
Beyond all the ...
Goethe - Life as Art
He was a young man from a good family, an eager student and an ardent romancer. A best-selling author who attained a high-ranking and lucrative position in a small duchy, Goethe dabbled in nature ...
moreSchopenhauer and the Wild Years of Philosophy
"The definitive Schopenhauer biography of our time: it is a love letter to philosophy." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
To mark the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the philosopher’s ...
Goethe and Schiller
A friendship is a work of art: Rüdiger Safranski on a magic moment in German intellectual history
Each man said the other was the most important person in his life. It was very much ...