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Author Dunlop, Francis, author

Title The Life and Thought of Aurel Kolnai
Edition First edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Contents Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Family and School (1900â#x80;#x93;1918); 2 Political Development (1916â#x80;#x93;1919); 3 War, Revolution and Counter-Revolution (1918â#x80;#x93;1920); 4 Kolnai's Psychoanalytic Episode (1920â#x80;#x93;1926); 5 Early Days in Vienna (1920â#x80;#x93;1924); 6 University Studies and Related Publications (1922â#x80;#x93;1930); 7 Political Journalism or Philosophy? (1920â#x80;#x93;1930); 8 Fighting for the West in Vienna (1930â#x80;#x93;1937); 9 Peripatetic (1937â#x80;#x93;1940); 10 New York and Boston (1940â#x80;#x93;1945); 11 Quebec(1945â#x80;#x93;1955)
12 England or Spain? (1952â#x80;#x93;1961)13 England -- Early Difficulties (1958â#x80;#x93;964); 14 The Last Fifteen Years (1958â#x80;#x93;1973); Appendix: Kolnai's Attitude to the Catholic Faith; Notes; Select Bibliography of Kolnai's Published Works and of Works about Kolnai; Index
Summary "This title was first published in 2002: 'I sincerely believe that Dr Kolnai is one of the most original and stimulating thinkers in the field of political philosophy alive today.' Karl Popper Kolnai's moral and political thought was developed against the background of Liberal and then Bolshevist revolutions in Hungary, the gradual move towards fascism in twenties and thirties Vienna, and the progress of the Second World War as seen from the USA. Born a Jew, he became a Roman Catholic, and lived successively in Hungary, Austria, France, the USA, Canada and England. He remained, throughout his extraordinary life, a passionate believer in reason and common sense, and the sworn enemy of all philosophical and political systems. Study of Kolnai has been hampered by political developments, his own peripatetic life, and the fact that his writings appeared in five different languages, yet interest in Kolnai is now growing. This book offers the first comprehensive picture of Kolnai's complete works and life. Dunlop presents Kolnai the man in his social and political setting, and offers an accessible exploration of all his writings, whether published or not, including translated passages from papers and letters in Kolnai's various languages. Including a selective bibliography of Kolnai's works, this book presents an important study of this unique political and moral philosopher, showing his relevance in contemporary philosophical thought."--Provided by publisher
Subject Kolnai, Aurel
SUBJECT Kolnai, Aurel fast
Subject Philosophers -- England -- Biography
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Philosophers
England
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315190433
1315190435