TIME OF THE MAGICIANS

A grand narrative of the intertwining lives of Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Ernst Cassirer, major phi losophers whose ideas shaped the twentieth century The year is 1919. The horror of the First World War is still fresh for the protag onists of Time of the Magicians, each of whom finds himself at a crucial juncture. Benjamin, whose life is characterized by false st arts and unfinished projects, is trying to flee his overbearing father and floundering in his academic career, living hand to mouth as a crit...[Read more]