The Father, the Son, and the Human Soul: Reflections on Walther Rathenau's Life and Work

Only specialists would know that he was also a very prolific writer, indeed an intellectual of some standing and some influence.2 Almost throughout his life, beginning in early adulthood, Walther Rathenau was in the habit of cultivating an ever-growing circle of friends and correspondents. Since the...

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Published inAmerican imago Vol. 68; no. 4; pp. 625 - 650
Main Author Volkov, Shulamit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore The Johns Hopkins University Press 01.12.2011
Johns Hopkins University Press
Subjects
Ambition
Essays
Fathers
Industrialists
Jewish literature
Jewish people
Jewish peoples
Men
Mothers
Parents
Physicians
Production automation
Psychoanalysis
Sons
Soul
Theater directors & producers
Weimar Germany
Germany
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Summary:Only specialists would know that he was also a very prolific writer, indeed an intellectual of some standing and some influence.2 Almost throughout his life, beginning in early adulthood, Walther Rathenau was in the habit of cultivating an ever-growing circle of friends and correspondents. Since the late 1890s, he moved in the intellectual circles of Berlin, part of the illustrious urban elite of the Prussian capital, including the rich, the powerful, and the bright, the upper crust of a prosperous metropolis. [...]neither the elite of Berlin nor that of Vienna included too many university men or medical doctors.
ISSN:0065-860X
1085-7931
1085-7931
DOI:10.1353/aim.2011.0041