Beschreibung
Richard Cockett traces the extraordinary intellectual history of Vienna’s artists, philosophers, and scientists, ranging from Freud’s psychoanalysis to Austrian School economics. This is a panoramic account of a city whose ideas made the modern worldand shaped every aspect of our history, science, and culture.
Richard Cockett is a historian and journalist and a staff correspondent and senior editor at The Economist. He is the author of seven books and a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.