Günther Anders is one of the most original, eclectic, and overlooked critical theorists of the twentieth century. A German Jew who studied with Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, and Paul Tillich, and who was married to Hannah Arendt, Anders worked as a journalist rather than a professor – even as he was writing and publishing philosophy. His influence has been felt especially in the philosophy of technology: Anders reflects on the significance of rapid advances in computing and weaponry that, he suggests, fundamentally transform how we understand humanity.
Only a small fraction of Anders’s extensive writing has been translated into English. At long last, the book recognized as his masterpiece, The Obsolescence of the Human, has been translated. We invited scholars to reflect on the significance of that book, and Anders’s work more generally, for our world today.
