{"product_id":"the-german-genius-9780060760236","title":"The German Genius","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe German Genius\u003c\/em\u003e is a virtuoso cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present day, by acclaimed historian Peter Watson (\u003cem\u003eMaking of the Modern Mind, Ideas\u003c\/em\u003e). From Bach, Goethe, and Schopenhauer to Nietzsche, Freud, and Einstein, from the arts and humanities to science and philosophy, \u003cem\u003eThe German Genius\u003c\/em\u003e is a lively and accessible review of over 250 years of German intellectual history. In the process, it explains the devastating effects of World War II, which transformed a vibrant and brilliantly artistic culture into a vehicle of warfare and destruction, and it shows how the German culture advanced in the war's aftermath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWatson, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePeter Watson has been a senioreditor at the London \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e, a New York correspondentof the \u003cem\u003eLondon Times\u003c\/em\u003e, a columnist for theLondon \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e, and a contributor to the \u003cem\u003eNew YorkTimes\u003c\/em\u003e. He has published three exposés on the world ofart and antiquities, and is the author of several booksof cultural and intellectual history. From 1997 to 2007he was a research associate at the McDonald Institutefor Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge.He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424444088594,"sku":"9780060760236","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_42efd4c7-b175-43b7-9ca8-dae60b635adc.jpg?v=1751377747","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-german-genius-9780060760236","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}