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Albert Schweitzer: A Biography

Autor Nils Ole Oermann
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 noi 2016
This biography provides a versatile insight into the life, work, and thought of Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965). Nils Ole Oermann offers a detailed account of the multifaceted life of Albert Schweitzer who was a theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. Schweitzer's life was not a straight path from the parsonage in Alsace to the University of Strasbourg, then on to the hospital in Lambarene, and ending with the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. In every life there are highs and lows, victories and defeats--and Schweitzer's life was no exception. These ups and downs, however, are barely discernible in Schweitzer's 1931 autobiography, Out of my Life and Thought, where he presents his life as an enormous, purposefully constructed edifice, the cornerstone of which was the principle of Reverence for Life, and the almost inevitable outcome of which was the Nobel Peace Prize. To date, biographers, journalists, and hagiographers have told and retold the story of Schweitzer following this basic pattern with relatively little critical modification. Their Schweitzer was a man whose demeanour and charisma set him apart from other intellectual giants of his time. But not everything Schweitzer records in his autobiography corresponds with what is found in the archives and in his unpublished writings. It is on the basis of these historical sources and more recent publications that Oermann attempts to sketch a more realistic picture of Albert Schweitzer. Oermann draws on newly uncovered personal papers which shed light on Schweitzer's dealings with the East German authorities and his role in the anti-nuclear movement. He also builds on a number of interviews from those associated with Schweitzer--most notably his daughter.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780198784227
ISBN-10: 0198784228
Pagini: 282
Dimensiuni: 132 x 203 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Recenzii

Schweitzer carefully constructed a lasting and often romanticized self-image through a number of biographical reflections, interviews to journalists, and film documentaries ... Oermann offers a more complex image of Schweitzer
[Nils Ole Oermann's] book will continue to be the go to biography on Schweitzer for many years ... In a relatively brief compass, [Oermann] has succeeded in giving his reader a real flavour of this most intriguing of public intellectuals and has done so while avoiding the temptation to thoughtless praise or denunciation.

Notă biografică

Nils Ole Oermann is a Professor at Leuphana University of Lüneburg.