Thomas Crew
Biographic Data
| ID | 5778412 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Crew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Crew |
| SIGNATURE | CREW T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Der Sinn der Erde beginnt sich zu ändern” [“Der Sinn der Erde beginnt sich zu ändern”]
This article examines Ernst Jünger’s rich yet fragmentary book-length essay An der Zeitmauer ( At the Time Wall , 1959), which belongs to the neglected second half of his long literary career. Ostensibly focused on climate engineering, the article begins by situating Jünger in the overlooked early German discourse on the environment. Central to this section are Ludwig Klages, Oswald Spengler, Martin Heidegger, and Jünger’s brother, Friedrich Geor…
Technocratic totalitarianism
This article examines the ideas, reception and social role of Germany’s most prominent cultural critic of lockdown politics, Gunnar Kaiser. In contrast to the majority of European intellectuals, Kaiser took an early public stand against the naive adoption of science as a social authority and the unprecedented overturning of core democratic principles. He argued that without vigorous, open debate, the worldwide state of emergency threatened to ush…
‘How to become what you are’
In this essay I consider the theme of individuation or self-becoming in Nietzsche’s Ecce Homo (1888) and Hesse’s Demian (1917) and Steppenwolf (1927). Although this task appears inter-disciplinary, Nietzsche’s autobiography can be considered a Bildungsroman in which ‘Nietzsche’ plays the protagonist. After showing the correspondences between Nietzsche’s and Hesse’s diagnoses of contemporary Europe, which can be summed up with the notion of ‘decad…
Der Tag Hängt Tot Zwischen Himmel Und Erde’
In keeping with a typical theme of Expressionism, Ernst Barlach's Der tote Tag centres on a generational conflict, in this case on that between mother and son. However, this conflict ultimately acts as a metaphor to express and explore existential issues. These issues do not merely apply to the son nor even to the condition of adolescence generally, but are universal in scope. Accordingly, I consider some of the key ideas of Carl Jung and Erich N…
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Der Tag Hängt Tot Zwischen Himmel Und Erde’
In keeping with a typical theme of Expressionism, Ernst Barlach's Der tote Tag centres on a generational conflict, in this case on that between mother and son. However, this conflict ultimately acts as a metaphor to express and explore existential issues. These issues do not merely apply to the son nor even to the condition of adolescence generally, but are universal in scope. Accordingly, I consider some of the key ideas of Carl Jung and Erich N…
‘How to become what you are’
In this essay I consider the theme of individuation or self-becoming in Nietzsche’s Ecce Homo (1888) and Hesse’s Demian (1917) and Steppenwolf (1927). Although this task appears inter-disciplinary, Nietzsche’s autobiography can be considered a Bildungsroman in which ‘Nietzsche’ plays the protagonist. After showing the correspondences between Nietzsche’s and Hesse’s diagnoses of contemporary Europe, which can be summed up with the notion of ‘decad…
Technocratic totalitarianism
This article examines the ideas, reception and social role of Germany’s most prominent cultural critic of lockdown politics, Gunnar Kaiser. In contrast to the majority of European intellectuals, Kaiser took an early public stand against the naive adoption of science as a social authority and the unprecedented overturning of core democratic principles. He argued that without vigorous, open debate, the worldwide state of emergency threatened to ush…
“Der Sinn der Erde beginnt sich zu ändern” [“Der Sinn der Erde beginnt sich zu ändern”]
This article examines Ernst Jünger’s rich yet fragmentary book-length essay An der Zeitmauer ( At the Time Wall , 1959), which belongs to the neglected second half of his long literary career. Ostensibly focused on climate engineering, the article begins by situating Jünger in the overlooked early German discourse on the environment. Central to this section are Ludwig Klages, Oswald Spengler, Martin Heidegger, and Jünger’s brother, Friedrich Geor…
Law (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · German Literature and Culture Studies (2 works) · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)