{"product_id":"9780060760236","title":"The German Genius : Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe German Genius\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Peter Watson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe German Genius\u003c\/em\u003e is a virtuoso cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present day, by acclaimed historian Peter Watson (\u003cem\u003eMaking of the Modern Mind, Ideas\u003c\/em\u003e). From Bach, Goethe, and Schopenhauer to Nietzsche, Freud, and Einstein, from the arts and humanities to science and philosophy, \u003cem\u003eThe German Genius\u003c\/em\u003e is a lively and accessible review of over 250 years of German intellectual history. In the process, it explains the devastating effects of World War II, which transformed a vibrant and brilliantly artistic culture into a vehicle of warfare and destruction, and it shows how the German culture advanced in the war’s aftermath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“A compilation of essential German contributions to philosophy, theology, mathematics, natural and social science and the arts since 1750. Watson enshrines a vast pantheon of creative thinkers... [including] compressed summaries of some exceedingly difficult ideas. The range of subjects is impressive, from painters to physicists.”\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe German Genius\u003c\/i\u003e is] Watson’s eight-hundred-and-fifty-page love letter to the all-stars of the Teutonic intellect…his élan generates its own momentum… The book’s breadth is part of the point.”\u003cbr\u003e“Reveals several surprises. . . . A remarkable book on many levels. The research is first-rate and it is surprisingly accessible.”\u003cbr\u003e“A tour de force. . . . It is impossible not to be impressed by his range and versatility as he bounds across the disciplines. . . . This intelligent book presents a breathtaking panorama.”\u003cbr\u003e“[A] colossal encyclopaedia. . . . Heroic. . . . Watson derives the German genius from deep springs.”\u003cbr\u003e“Watson’s book is intended to subvert the negative German stereotypes. Though it checks in at just short of 1,000 pages, it is a usefully concise introduction to the principal themes and personalities of German scientific, philosophical, social, literary and artistic culture since 1750.”\u003cbr\u003e“Few wasted words—a welcome resource for students of modern history, literature and cultural studies.”\u003cbr\u003e“Watson tells how the Nazis’ first artistic blacklist appeared just six weeks after Hitler assumed power in 1933 - and how his catastrophic handling of his intellectual inheritance has unfairly overshadowed the country ever since. This exhaustive and virtuoso sweep through history goes some way to restoring the balance.”\u003cbr\u003e“The German Genius present a huge corpus of scholarship in easily digestible form, and its range is astonishing. No professor, least of all a German one, would have dared to essay such a synthesis; so much the worse for the professors.”\u003cbr\u003e“He has an enviable gift of explaining lucidly and cogently ideas that are complicated or profound (or both). . . . Everyone interested in the sufferings and greatness of modern culture will be informed, entertained and provoked by it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780060760236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41105400987854,"sku":"9780060760236","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780060760236_69f370cf-63ee-48d7-816b-04dbabe58fa8.jpg?v=1652152081","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780060760236","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}