HowdidtheFirstWorldWar,theso-called’GreatWar’-widelyseenonallsidesas’thewartoendallwars’-impactthedevelopmentofGermanphilosophy?Combininghistoryandbiographywithastutephilosophicalandtextualanalysis,NicolasdeWarrenaddressesheretheintellectualtrajectoriesoftensignificantwartimephilosophers:ErnstBloch,MartinBuber,ErnstCassirer,HermannCohen,Gy繹rgyLuk獺cs,MartinHeidegger,EdmundHusserl,FranzRosenzweig,MaxSchelerandGeorgSimmel.InexploringtheirindividualworkswrittenduringandaftertheWar,theauthorrevealshowphilosophicalconceptsandnewformsofthinkingwereforgedinresponsetothisunprecedentedcatastrophe.InreassessingstandardizednarrativesofGermanthought,thebookdeepensandenhancesourunderstandingoftheintimateandcomplexrelationshipbetweenphilosophyandviolencebydemonstratinghowthe1914-18conflictwasacrucibleforwaysofthinkingthatstilldefineustoday.
