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There does seem to be something special about the 1920s, even ignoring the claims for philosophical greatness here. It also saw the flowering of both modern li
by mellosouls 6y ago
There does seem to be something special about the 1920s, even ignoring the claims for philosophical greatness here.
It also saw the flowering of both modern literature and modern physics (perhaps only Einstein's great achievements are particularly notable by omission for being slightly earlier).
I don't know enough about art to comment on that.
Certainly it's hard to think of a more obvious recent period of intellectual brilliance than that of the time between the wars, the 20s in particular.
- scottlocklin 6y agoI dunno, for philosophy, it seems to me most decades between 1800 and 1920 were more momentous than the 1920s. I have no idea what Walter Benjamin and Cassirer are doing in there with Wittgenstein and Heidegger either. I mean, I like me some Walter Benjamin ... but I never thought of him as a Philosopher. Cassirer is just obscure; I can think of a half dozen better known philosophers of that time. Pretty good decade for physics though; haven't had one like that since then.