Books by Karl Lowith

Beginning with an examination of the relationship between Hegel and Goethe, Lowith discusses how Hegel's students, particularly Marx and Kierkegaard, interpreted-or reinterpreted-their master's thought, and proceeds with an in-depth assessment of the other important philosophers, from Feuerbach, Stirner, and Schelling to Nietzsche.

This is a key text in modern interpretations of alienation in Marxist theory and rationalization in Weber's sociology. It aims to provide the student with an introduction to the differences and comparisons between these two essential thinkers.

Written by a former student of Heidegger, this book examines the relationship between the philosophy and the politics of a celebrated teacher and the allure that Nazism held out for scholars committed to revolutionary nihilism.