The reasons the Cassirer-Heidegger Debate of 1929 was an event of historic significance are widely known and acknowledged. A first factor can be found in the importance of the ‘Cours Universitaires de Davos’ – an international and interdisciplinary project that was as much cultural as political. It was active between 1927 and 1933 and aimed at re-establishing relations of dialogue and exchange between European states (especially France and Germany) after the catastrophe of World War I. Right from the start, with the first conference in 1928, the organizers were able to involve important figures as Albert Einstein, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Jean Piaget, Marcel Mauss and many others, attracting the interest and participation of numerous European scholars and students...
Kyoto in Davos: Intercultural Readings of the Cassirer-Heidegger Debate
vinicio busacchi
Investigation
2024-01-01
Abstract
The reasons the Cassirer-Heidegger Debate of 1929 was an event of historic significance are widely known and acknowledged. A first factor can be found in the importance of the ‘Cours Universitaires de Davos’ – an international and interdisciplinary project that was as much cultural as political. It was active between 1927 and 1933 and aimed at re-establishing relations of dialogue and exchange between European states (especially France and Germany) after the catastrophe of World War I. Right from the start, with the first conference in 1928, the organizers were able to involve important figures as Albert Einstein, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Jean Piaget, Marcel Mauss and many others, attracting the interest and participation of numerous European scholars and students...
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