Philosophers at the Front: Phenomenology and the First World War

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-94-6270-121-2
Verlag: LEUVEN UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 249 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 1134 g

An exceptional collection of letters, postcards,
original writings, and photographs

The First World War witnessed an unprecedented mobilization of philosophers and their families: as soldiers at the front; as public figures on the home front; as nurses in field hospitals; as mothers and wives; as sons and fathers. In Germany, the war irrupted in
the midst of the rapid growth of Edmund Husserl's phenomenological movement –
widely considered one of the most significant philosophical movements in
twentieth century thought. Philosophers
at the Front offers a documentary history of phenomenology in the First
World War. Through an exceptional collection of primary source materials
(letters, postcards, original writings, photographs) from the Husserl Archives
in Leuven, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, and the Archives of the University
of Göttingen, the complex narratives of how the war affected the lives and thought
of central figures in the phenomenological movement are charted. Key figures
such as Edmund Husserl, his sons Wolfgang and Gerhart, Max Scheler, Edith
Stein, Adolf Reinach, Martin Heidegger, and others are included in this
collection of materials.

The volume includes reproductions of original
material, as well as German transcription of all texts and their English
translation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Warren, Nicolas

de Warren, Nicolas

Vongehr, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Philosophers
at the Front

Chronology
of Significant Dates

The Husserl
Family

Edmund
Husserl (1859-1938)
Malvine
Husserl (1860-1950)
The
Husserls in Time of War
Elisabeth
(„Elli“) Husserl (1892-1981)
Gerhart
Husserl (1893-1973)
Wolfgang
Husserl (1895-1916)
Documents
from the War
Letters of
Condolence

Philosophers
in War

The
“Göttingen Philosophical Society”
Winthrop P.
Bell (1884-1965)
Hedwig
Conrad-Martius (1888-1966)
Theodor
Conrad (1881-1969)
Johannes Daubert (1877-1947)
Moritz Geiger (1880-1937)
Erich von Gündell (1854-1924)
Martin
Heidegger (1889-1976)
Gustav
Hübener (1889-1941)
Fritz
Kaufmann (1891-1958)
Kurt Lewin
(1890-1947)
Hans Lipps
(1889-1941)
Karl Löwith
(1897-1973)
Dietrich
Mahnke (1884-1939)
Arnold
Metzger (1892-1974)
Friedrich
Neumann (1889-1978)
Max Scheler
(1874-1928)
Edith Stein
(1891-1942)

The Fallen
Ones

Rudolf
Clemens (1890-1914)
Waldemar
Conrad (1878-1915)
Fritz
Frankfurther (1889-1914)
Emil Lask
(1875-1915)
Adolf
Reinach (1883-1917)
Heinrich
Rickert jr. (1891-1917)
Hermann
Ritzel (1880-1915)

Select
Bibliography
List of
Sources
Index of Names
Colophon

Über Autor(innen)

de Warren, Nicolas
Nicolas de Warren is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University and Guest Professor of Philosophy at KU Leuven.

Vongehr, Thomas
Thomas Vongehr studied philosophy in Munich and obtained his PhD from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich in 1995. Since 2002, he is assistant at the Husserl Archives at KU Leuven.