Makers of Modern Culture: Five Twentieth-Century Thinkers
By Roland N. Stromberg
Makers of Modern Culture: Five Twentieth-Century Thinkers
By Roland N. Stromberg
Synopsis
An examination of the lives of five giants in European intellectual history - Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, James Joyce, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Each chapter concentrates on one of those figures, presenting a concise overview of his personal life and contributions, while striving to place that individual in the cultural milieu that shaped his development.
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