{"product_id":"ludwig-klages-and-the-philosophy-of-life-9781138697157","title":"Ludwig Klages and the Philosophy of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a unique overview of and introduction to the work of the German psychologist and philosopher Ludwig Klages (1872-1956), an astonishing figure in the history of German ideas. Central to intellectual life in turn-of-the-century Munich, he went on to establish a reputation for himself as an original and provocative thinker. Nowadays he is often overlooked, partly because of the absence of an accessible and authoritative introduction to his thought; this volume offers just such a point of entry. With an emphasis on applicability and utility, Paul Bishop reinvigorates the discourse surrounding Klages, providing a neutral and compact account of his intellectual development and his impact on psychology and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1 offers an overview of Klages's life, visiting the major stations of his intellectual development. Part 2 examines in turn nine major conceptual tools' found in Klages's extensive writings, aiming to clarify Klages's terminology, to demys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Bishop’s skill as a historian shines here, for the level of detail he provides is truly exceptional, especially insofar as it concerns Klages’s intellectual development’ (\u003ci\u003eConfigurations\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Beautiful and accessible … For anyone who seriously studies nineteenth and twentieth-century continental philosophy today, this introduction to Klages is indispensable’ (\u003ci\u003eBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘With this concise and clearly-written book, [Bishop] ingeniously succeeds in opening a door and offering access to an important, complex, and most influential ? yet almost forgotten ? thinker of the 20th century’ (\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Jungian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary of Klagesian Terminology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Works and Key Ideas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: For Advanced Readers — Selections from Klages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577841586519,"sku":"9781138697157","price":133.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138697157.jpg?v=1746096891","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ludwig-klages-and-the-philosophy-of-life-9781138697157","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}