by Irvin D. Yalom · btb Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783442742080
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«Das Spinoza-Problem» is the historical and philosophical novel by Irvin D. Yalom, published by btb Verlag in paperback (480 pages, in German).
The novel alternates between seventeenth-century Amsterdam, where the Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza is excommunicated for his ideas, and twentieth-century Germany, where Nazi ideologue Alfred Rosenberg becomes obsessed with his thought; a journey through intellectual freedom, the roots of fanaticism, and the abysses of the human psyche.
German edition published in October 2013; the work originally appeared in English as The Spinoza Problem in 2012 and won the WIZO Literatuurprijs in 2013.
Recommended for readers of historical and philosophical fiction interested in philosophy, psychology, and twentieth-century European history.
Irvin David Yalom is an American existential psychiatrist who is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as author of both fiction and nonfiction.
