The Aim: Appeals to Active Mind - Couverture souple

Hiller, Kurt

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798173816566

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

A century-old call to ethical action — newly resonant today.

In 1916, amid war, political collapse, and cultural upheaval, Kurt Hiller gathered some of the most daring voices of German modernism to ask a simple but radical question: What does it mean for thought to act? Das Ziel — The Aim — is their answer.

Featuring essays by Heinrich Mann, Walter Benjamin, Franz Werfel, Gustav Wyneken, and Hiller himself, this collection argues that mental life is not a retreat from the world but a force within it. The contributors demand clarity, courage, and responsibility from writers, thinkers, and citizens alike. They insist that culture must not merely reflect history — it must intervene.

More than a century later, their urgency feels startlingly familiar. In an age of political polarization, cultural fragmentation, and moral fatigue, Das Ziel speaks again: a reminder that the “active mind” is not an abstraction but a practice, a stance, a way of living.

This new translation presents Hiller’s landmark work in a contemporary voice, illuminating its philosophical depth and its unexpected connections to early queer history. Das Ziel is not only a document of its time — it is a challenge to ours.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798173816566
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 299
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible