Erich Unger (philosopher)
Erich Unger (born October 25, 1887 in Berlin , † November 25, 1950 in London ) was a German philosopher .
Life
He attended school in Berlin-Lichterfelde . At the Friedrichs-Gymnasium Berlin he met Oskar Goldberg , who at the age of seventeen ran a literature club. As a young man, Unger became one of the founding members of the literary expressionist movement in Germany.
During the First World War , Unger made new friends in Switzerland, including Walter Benjamin, who admired his work and also sought his literary collaboration. In the 1920s, Unger provided an intellectual forum for a group of young and respected scientists who regularly discussed their ideas on science, politics, and philosophy. The group quickly became a center for the Berlin intelligence of the day.
The advent of Hitler ended a promising academic career and Unger led his young family into exile in 1933, first to Paris and later (1936) to London, where he lived until the end of his life.
Fonts (selection)
- Politics and Metaphysics , Berlin 1921, OCLC 39715221 .
- The stateless education of a Jewish people . Berlin 1922, OCLC 234112667 .
- Against poetry. A justification of the construction principle in the knowledge . Leipzig 1925, OCLC 10731096 .
- The problem of mythical reality. An introduction to Goldberg's writing: “The Reality of the Hebrews” . Berlin 1926, OCLC 311237886 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Unger, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1950 |
| Place of death | London |