Grandeur and Tragedy of Erasmus of Rotterdam. Followed by Castellion against Calvin or Conscience against Violence.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 22077 |
| Format | 12.5 x 19.5 |
| Détails | 456 p., paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251449876 |
New translation. Faced with the perils of the time of dictatorships, Zweig makes Erasmus his model. The love of letters and art, the civil exchange of minds, and persevering dialogue outline the space of tolerance in which to ideally inscribe the present. The modern Zweig draws upon psychology as well as anatomy and the genealogy of systems. Identifying in the theocracy established by Calvin in Geneva the matrix of totalitarianism—the Terror, Soviet communism, racist dictatorship—he vehemently defends moral values. The pen will be his only weapon. Refusing, for which he was strongly criticized, militant commitment, he fled Germany and then Europe before taking his own life in Brazil. For him, however, the course of events is not determined once and for all. It is made up of unexpected reversals.
New translation. Faced with the perils of the time of dictatorships, Zweig makes Erasmus his model. The love of letters and art, the civil exchange of minds, and persevering dialogue outline the space of tolerance in which to ideally inscribe the present. The modern Zweig draws upon psychology as well as anatomy and the genealogy of systems. Identifying in the theocracy established by Calvin in Geneva the matrix of totalitarianism—the Terror, Soviet communism, racist dictatorship—he vehemently defends moral values. The pen will be his only weapon. Refusing, for which he was strongly criticized, militant commitment, he fled Germany and then Europe before taking his own life in Brazil. For him, however, the course of events is not determined once and for all. It is made up of unexpected reversals.