{"product_id":"hitlers-favorite-jew","title":"Hitler's Favorite Jew","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Jewish Thinker Who Hated Judaism and Became Hitler’s Unlikely Muse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore than a century after his death, Otto Weininger remains a compelling and divisive figure, as much for his radical views as for his tragic life. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHitler's Favorite Jew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, author and scholar Allan Janik examines the turbulent career of this young Viennese philosopher whose provocative work, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSex and Character\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, made a lasting impact on figures like Adolf Hitler, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and James Joyce, and continues to challenge our views on identity and ideology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeininger was twenty-three years old when he published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSex and Character\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a sprawling, incendiary treatise that argued for the binary opposition of masculine and feminine principles, claimed that women and Jews lacked genuine individuality and genius, and declared that the highest form of human existence required the rejection of both. The book made him famous. It also made him notorious. A year later, he returned to the house in Vienna where Beethoven had died and shot himself. He was twenty-three years old. Hitler, years later, is said to have declared that “there was only one decent Jew” and that Weininger “was the only one who understood.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJanik traces Weininger's intellectual journey from his student days in Vienna to his place as a cult figure among modernist writers and fascist ideologues alike. He examines the paradoxes at the heart of Weininger's thought—the Jewish philosopher who wrote the most radical antisemitic text of his era, the misogynist who insisted that every person contained both masculine and feminine elements, the man who preached the denial of the self while writing a book that was nothing but an assertion of self. The result is a portrait of a thinker as fascinating and self-destructive as any he wrote about.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA provocative exploration of Otto Weininger, the young Viennese philosopher whose \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSex and Character\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e influenced Hitler, Wittgenstein, and Joyce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExamines the paradoxes of a Jewish thinker who wrote one of the most radical antisemitic texts of his era\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssential reading for anyone interested in the intellectual origins of modern antisemitism, Viennese modernism, and the strange afterlives of books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the most dangerous ideas are often the ones that begin as self-hatred.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAllan Janik\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Vienna and a former research fellow of the Brenner Archives at the University of Innsbruck. His many books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Use and Abuse of Metaphor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2003), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWittgenstein's Vienna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (with Stephen Toulmin) (1996), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssays on Wittgenstein and Weininger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1985). He is the author of numerous articles and reviews in a wide variety of international journals, and holds a grant from the Austrian Science Foundation to produce a critical electronic edition of the works of Otto Weininger. Janik lives in Vienna.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54565043667316,"sku":"0-1","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54565043700084,"sku":"0-2","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54565043732852,"sku":"0-3","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54565043765620,"sku":"0-4","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/casa-carlini-simple-audiobook-hitler-s-favorite-jew-53712047767924.png?v=1779965322","url":"https:\/\/casacarlini.com\/products\/hitlers-favorite-jew","provider":"Casa Carlini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}