Ernst Cassirer was professor in Göteborg from 1935 to 1941. This episode of his life is little
known even though the Swedish years were very important. During that time of political turmoil
he wrote several books and most of the papers that are now being published posthumously. This
book - based on recently discovered sources - gives a detailed picture of Cassirer's life and
work in Sweden. It explains how he was invited to Sweden and why he became a Swedish citizen.
The analyses show how Cassirer's exchange with Swedish philosophers influenced his work and
shed new light on his development during exile. This study also contains an introduction by
John Michael Krois a chronology of the Swedish years and a description of the long lost
manuscript of Das Erkenntnisproblem volume four.
