Levels of Organic Life and the Human

Helmuth Plessner (Author) Helmuth Plessner (1892¿1985) was a German philosopher and sociologist. From 1953-59, he was president of the German Sociological Association. Three of his many books have appeared in English, Political Anthropology (Northwestern, 2018), The Limits of Community (Humanity Books, 1999) and Laughing and Crying (Northwestern, 1970).J. M. Bernstein (Introducer) J. M. Bernstein is University Distinguished Professor in Philosophy at The New School for Social Research in New York City.Millay Hyatt (Translator) Millay Hyatt is a writer and translator based in Berlin. Her dissertation, ¿No-Where and Now-Here: Utopia and Politics from Hegel to Deleuze,¿ received the University of Southern California's doctoral research prize.