Gunther Anders

Günther Anders (1902–1992), born in Breslau and deceased in Vienna, was a philosopher, journalist, and writer. He studied philosophy and received his doctorate under Edmund Husserl. After working in Berlin and Paris, he emigrated to Paris in 1933 and to the United States in 1936, where he supported himself with various odd jobs, including factory work. His analysis of these experiences inspired his major work, *The Obsolescence of Human Beings*. From 1945 onward, he devoted himself to addressing the consequences of nuclear weapons and became a co-initiator of the international antinuclear movement. He visited Hiroshima in 1958 and corresponded in 1959 with Claude Eatherly, the pilot involved in the Hiroshima bombing. He also campaigned against the Vietnam War and served on the Russell Tribunal. His honors included the Theodor W. Adorno Prize (1983) and the Sigmund Freud Prize for Scholarly Prose (1992).