Audiobooks by Ritchie Robertson

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The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790

Brought to you by Penguin. The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it remains controversial. It is often seen as the fountainhead of modern values such as human rights, religious toleration, freedom of thought, scientific thought as an exemplary form of reasoning, and rationality and evidence-based argument. Others accuse the Enlightenment of putting forward a scientific rationality which ignores the complexity and variety of human beings, propagates shallow atheism, and aims to subjugate nature to so-called technical progress. Ritchie Robertson engages with all these views to show that the Enlightenment sought above all to increase human happiness in this world by promoting scientific inquiry and reasoned argument and by challenging the authority traditionally assumed by the Churches. His book presents illuminating readings of many key Enlightenment texts, and overturns many received opinions - for example, that enlightenment necessarily implied hostility to religion. Answering the question 'what is Enlightenment?' Kant famously urged men and women above all to use their ownunderstanding. Robertson shows how the thinkers of the Enlightenment did just that, seeking a rounded understanding of humanity in which reason was balanced with emotion and sensibility. It is a master-class in 'big picture' history, about one of the foundational epochs of modern times. © Ritchie Robertson 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Ritchie Robertson (Author), Jonathan Keeble (Narrator)

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Franz Kafka - Leben und Schreiben (Ungekürzt)

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) gehört zu den einflussreichsten Schriftstellern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Zu Lebzeiten veröffentliche er nur eine Hand voll Erzählungen, darunter seine bekannteste, 'Die Verwandlung'. Die Romane 'Der Prozess', 'Das Schloss' und 'Der Verschollene' erschienen erst nach seinem Tod. Sie begründeten Kafkas Weltruhm als seismographischen Interpreten der Moderne. Der englische Kafka-Spezialist Ritchie Robertson erhellt beides: Kafkas krisengeschütteltes Leben und die Raffiniertheit seiner oft rätselhaft anmutenden Texte. Er zeigt anschaulich, wie Kafka die charakteristischen Themen der modernen Welt - Körper, Macht und Religion - erkundet. Sein lebendiges Porträt weist neue Wege zu einem besseren Verständnis von Kafkas Lebens- und Vorstellungswelt.

Ritchie Robertson (Author), Axel Thielmann (Narrator)

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