Margarete Susman
Margarete Susman
Margarete Susman was born in Hamburg in 1872 and died in Zurich in 1966. She is considered one of the most important female philosophers of the 20th century.
Margarete Susman was born in Hamburg in 1872 and died in Zurich in 1966. She is considered one of the most important female philosophers of the 20th century.
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Year of Publication: 2022
Margarete SusmanYear of Publication: 2022
The Book of Job and the Fate of the Jewish People
In 1945, philosopher Margarete Susman wrote The Book of Job and the Fate of the Jewish People in Zurich. In view of the Shoah, »this moment of global catastrophe«, it is an attempt to explain the history of the Jewish people through the lens of the Book of Job, its struggles with God, its desire for justice. Susman interprets the Book of Job anew in individual sections on the...