Philosophers: Reiner Schürmann, The Greatest Philosopher You've Never Heard Of
Channel: Power of Thought
Date: 10/02/2023

Perhaps the greatest philosopher you've never heard of, The philosophy of Schürmann gains inspiration from some of the greatest philosophers like Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx, Baruch Spinoza, and Sean-Paul Sartre. By drawing from some of the greatest continental philosophers of the past,, Schurmann offers a framework for understanding the complex interplay between power, ideology, and resistance in the contemporary world. By the uses of the Ancient Greek story of Agamemnon, and the sacrifice of Iphigenia, philosopher Reiner Schurmann explores the idea of The Double Bind.

In this video, we explore the life and philosophy of Reiner Schürmann. Schürmann was a 20th-century philosopher whose work is only now emerging as deeply insightful. He was concerned with how we grapple with violent origins we want to move on from and a world that always lets us down. Reiner Schurmann was born in Amsterdam on February 4th, 1941 to German parents. His father is believed to have been a Nazi collaborator, making a small fortune selling weapons to Hiter’s war machine. His father managed to escape punishment after the war and essentially moved on as if nothing had happened. This, combined with the general shame of being a German in post-World War II Europe, would haunt Schurmann from a very young age. 

The Greatest Philosopher You've Never Heard Of - Reiner Schürmann
The Tragic Philosophy of Reiner Schürmann

"Born too late to see the war and too early to forget it."
Origins - Reiner Schürmann

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