Dalia Nassar
Biographic Data
| ID | 1693410 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dalia Nassar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dalia |
| FAMILY NAME | Nassar |
| SIGNATURE | NASSAR D |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6018-5949 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 30 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Oxford Handbook of Nineteenth-Century Women Philosophers in the German Tradition
The long nineteenth century—from Romanticism, to socialism, and phenomenology—was a productive period for women philosophers. This Handbook, the first of its kind, is dedicated to their works. It explores women’s pathbreaking contributions to philosophy: the ways in which they shaped and transformed philosophical movements, the new concepts they established and schools they helped form, and the philosophical problems they uncovered and sought to …
Oxford Handbook of Nineteenth-Century Women Philosophers in the German Tradition
Tree Stories
This article develops the notion of the “embodied history of trees” and articulates its conceptual and ethical implications. It demonstrates how trees literally embody their environment in their very structure and argues that trees express their environments in the deepest, most responsive, and most immediate way. The article then moves to consider how trees fundamentally shape their environment, showing that just as trees are expressions of thei…
Knowing well
This article examines the ideal of Bildung within the philosophy of nature and the natural sciences by investigating the methodological and scientific writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It argues that although we have largely overlooked the role of Bildung in scientific education, Goethe’s understanding of scientific knowledge offers a new, and substantial, account of Bildung, sheds important light on the relation between science, knowledge,…
The Human Vocation and the Question of the Earth
Contra widespread readings of Karoline von Günderrode’s 1805 “Idea of the Earth ( Idee der Erde )” as a creative adaptation of Schelling’s philosophy of nature, this article proposes that “Idea of the Earth” furnishes a moral account of the human relation to the natural world, one which does not map onto any of the more well-known romantic or idealist accounts of the human-nature relation. Specifically, I argue that “Idea of the Earth” responds t…
Covid and the Era of Emergencies
The threat of emergency measures introduced in face of COVID-19 has largely been framed in terms of individual rights. We argue that it is not the protection of the sovereign individual that is most at stake, but the relations between political subjects and the institutions that enable their robust political participation. Drawing on Hannah Arendt's analysis of the ways in which isolation and the incapacity to discern truth or reality condition t…
Introduction
The metaphor of epigenesis
Analogical reflection as a source for the science of life
Analogy, Natural History and the Philosophy of Nature
In 1785 Kant published a series of critical reviews of Johann Gottfried Herder's Ideas for a Philosophy of the History of Humanity (1784-1785), in which he not only challenges Herder's conception of nature but also, and more importantly, his methodology. Kant's complaint is that by relying on analogy, Herder draws deeply mistaken conclusions that overlook fundamental differences between human and nonhuman beings. But was Kant's critique of Herder…
Romantic Empiricism after the “End of Nature”
Over the last two decades, environmental theorists have repeatedly pronounced the “end” of nature, arguing that the idea of nature is neither plausible nor desirable. This chapter offers an environmental reappraisal of romanticism, in light of these critiques. Its goals are historical and systematic. First, the chapter assesses the validity of the environmentalist critique of the romantic conception of nature by distinguishing different strands w…
The Relevance of Romanticism
This collection of essays directly considers the reasons why philosophers have recently become deeply interested in romantic thought. Through historical and systematic reconstructions, the volume offers greater understanding of romanticism as a philosophical movement and deeper insight into the role that romantic thought plays - or can play - in contemporary philosophical debates
Sensibility and Organic Unity
In 1796 Friedrich Schiller famously declared that there are two kinds of poets, those who “will be nature” and those who “will seek lost nature.”1 He called the former “naive,” identified them with
Beyond the Subjective Self
This chapter traces the development of Novalis’ conception of the self, following his engagement with the Dutch philosopher, Franz Hemsterhuis and his interest in Kant. It shows that it is in his studies of the two thinkers that Novalis develops a relational conception of the self and reality, and begins to formulate his ideal of knowledge. In contrast to recent interpretations of Novalis as a Kantian, the chapter argues that Novalis criticizes K…
Becoming, Nature, and Freedom
This chapter explores Schlegel’s understanding of the relationship between the infinite and the finite, and shows how Schlegel seeks to conceive the relation in decisively different terms from the relation between the unconditioned and conditioned. It argues that the infinite and finite are not two separate or distinct entities, such that the infinite precedes and predetermines the finite. Rather, the infinite and finite are reciprocally conditio…
The Early Schelling
This chapter examines Schelling’s earliest philosophical writings, and argues that until 1796, Schelling was much more influenced by Spinoza than by Fichte. It illustrate that although Schelling shared fundamental questions and concerns with Fichte, in his early works he employed Fichtean terminology to explicate Spinozist ideas. In deep contrast to the widespread view of the early Schelling as a disciple of Fichte, the chapter shows that Schelli…
From Epistemology to Ontology
This chapter explores the transition in Schlegel’s thought from transcendental philosophy or epistemology to ontology. In contrast to widespread interpretations of Schlegel as an epistemologist, the chapter illustrates that Schlegel’s goal was to develop a philosophy of life and nature. It locates the transition in Schlegel’s thought in his 1800-1801 Jena Lectures on Transcendental Idealism. In addition, the chapter argues that Schlegel’s concept…
From the System of Transcendental Idealism to the Identity Philosophy
This chapter investigates Schelling’s most well-known philosophical work, the System des transzendentalen Idealismus (1800), explicates Schelling’s justification for the necessity of this work, and compares its methodology with that of the philosophy of nature. It argues that the difference in method betrays a fundamental difference in goals— a difference which ultimately leads Schelling beyond transcendental philosophy to the identity philosophy…
Romanticizing Nature and the Self
This chapter offers a discussion of Novalis’ philosophy of nature, and his parallel concern with education and moral development. It argues that in both instances, Novalis is concerned with “romanticizing” the world— whether it be through discerning the ideal in the real (nature), or instantiating the ideal through moral action— and argues that, for Novalis, understanding nature and undertaking moral action are interdependent activities. The chap…
New Philosophical Ideals
This chapter explores Schlegel’s earliest philosophical writings, including his review of Jacobi’s novel, Woldemar and critical notes on the Wissenschaftslehre from 1795-96. It elaborates Schlegel’s critique of Jacobi and of the notion of the unconditioned, and argues that for Schlegel, the idea of an unconditioned principle is problematic for two reasons. First, it implies an unjustified presupposition of the task and object of philosophy. Secon…
Presenting Nature
This chapter investigates Schlegel’s notion of fragment and explicates the way in which Schlegel employed the metaphor of the plant to construct his ideal of a “system of fragments.” In opposition to the widespread interpretation of Schlegel’s conception of the fragment, it argues that although the fragment resists closure, this does not imply that fragments are in a state of infinite struggle or contradiction. By contrast, the chapter illustrate…
A Living Organon of the Sciences
This chapter explores the meaning and implication of this claim, and elaborates Novalis’ conception of an “encyclopedia” of knowledge. It argues that for Novalis the artistic or creative mind is most able to grasp nature, precisely because the artist, through the creation of works of art or “living thoughts,” partakes in the activity or productivity of nature. The chapter illustrates that, although the work of the creative mind transforms nature,…
Conclusion
The final section of the book elaborates the connections between the three thinkers examined, and maintains that, in spite of their differences, they agreed on the most fundamental level. It points to the distinctive interpretation of The Romantic Absolute, and argues that in the work of the romantics, we find a formidable attempt to grasp and present the relation between mind and nature and in a coherent, but non-reductive way, that continues to…
Conclusion to Part 2
This chapter is a brief recapitulation of Part Two. It indicates that Schlegel’s key contributions to the history of philosophy consist in his move beyond subjective transcendental idealism, in the historicization of being or nature (and thus of philosophy), and in the development of new systematic ideals and methods.
The Philosophy of Nature
This chapter explores Schelling’s turn to nature, and engages with the debates concerning the origins of his transformed understanding of nature. While in his early writings on nature, Schelling had insisted that nature must be grasped as a product of the mind, in his 1799 Einleitung to the Entwurf eines Systems der Naturphilosophie, he maintains that nature is independent of mind. The chapter argues that his transformed understanding of nature i…
The Relevance of Romanticism
This collection of essays directly considers the reasons why philosophers have recently become deeply interested in romantic thought. Through historical and systematic reconstructions, the volume offers greater understanding of romanticism as a philosophical movement and deeper insight into the role that romantic thought plays - or can play - in contemporary philosophical debates
Analogy, Natural History and the Philosophy of Nature
In 1785 Kant published a series of critical reviews of Johann Gottfried Herder's Ideas for a Philosophy of the History of Humanity (1784-1785), in which he not only challenges Herder's conception of nature but also, and more importantly, his methodology. Kant's complaint is that by relying on analogy, Herder draws deeply mistaken conclusions that overlook fundamental differences between human and nonhuman beings. But was Kant's critique of Herder…
Interpreting Novalis’ Fichte-Studien
Covid and the Era of Emergencies
The threat of emergency measures introduced in face of COVID-19 has largely been framed in terms of individual rights. We argue that it is not the protection of the sovereign individual that is most at stake, but the relations between political subjects and the institutions that enable their robust political participation. Drawing on Hannah Arendt's analysis of the ways in which isolation and the incapacity to discern truth or reality condition t…
Tree Stories
This article develops the notion of the “embodied history of trees” and articulates its conceptual and ethical implications. It demonstrates how trees literally embody their environment in their very structure and argues that trees express their environments in the deepest, most responsive, and most immediate way. The article then moves to consider how trees fundamentally shape their environment, showing that just as trees are expressions of thei…
Analogical reflection as a source for the science of life
Introduction
Sensibility and Organic Unity
In 1796 Friedrich Schiller famously declared that there are two kinds of poets, those who “will be nature” and those who “will seek lost nature.”1 He called the former “naive,” identified them with
Interpreting Novalis’ Fichte-Studien
Spinoza and German Idealism
There can be little doubt that without Spinoza, German Idealism would have been just as impossible as it would have been without Kant. Yet the precise nature of Spinoza's influence on the German Idealists has hardly been studied in detail. This volume of essays by leading scholars sheds light on how the appropriation of Spinoza by Fichte, Schelling and Hegel grew out of the reception of his philosophy by, among others, Lessing, Mendelssohn, Jacob…
Beyond the Subjective Self
This chapter traces the development of Novalis’ conception of the self, following his engagement with the Dutch philosopher, Franz Hemsterhuis and his interest in Kant. It shows that it is in his studies of the two thinkers that Novalis develops a relational conception of the self and reality, and begins to formulate his ideal of knowledge. In contrast to recent interpretations of Novalis as a Kantian, the chapter argues that Novalis criticizes K…
Becoming, Nature, and Freedom
This chapter explores Schlegel’s understanding of the relationship between the infinite and the finite, and shows how Schlegel seeks to conceive the relation in decisively different terms from the relation between the unconditioned and conditioned. It argues that the infinite and finite are not two separate or distinct entities, such that the infinite precedes and predetermines the finite. Rather, the infinite and finite are reciprocally conditio…
The Early Schelling
This chapter examines Schelling’s earliest philosophical writings, and argues that until 1796, Schelling was much more influenced by Spinoza than by Fichte. It illustrate that although Schelling shared fundamental questions and concerns with Fichte, in his early works he employed Fichtean terminology to explicate Spinozist ideas. In deep contrast to the widespread view of the early Schelling as a disciple of Fichte, the chapter shows that Schelli…
From Epistemology to Ontology
This chapter explores the transition in Schlegel’s thought from transcendental philosophy or epistemology to ontology. In contrast to widespread interpretations of Schlegel as an epistemologist, the chapter illustrates that Schlegel’s goal was to develop a philosophy of life and nature. It locates the transition in Schlegel’s thought in his 1800-1801 Jena Lectures on Transcendental Idealism. In addition, the chapter argues that Schlegel’s concept…
From the System of Transcendental Idealism to the Identity Philosophy
This chapter investigates Schelling’s most well-known philosophical work, the System des transzendentalen Idealismus (1800), explicates Schelling’s justification for the necessity of this work, and compares its methodology with that of the philosophy of nature. It argues that the difference in method betrays a fundamental difference in goals— a difference which ultimately leads Schelling beyond transcendental philosophy to the identity philosophy…
Romanticizing Nature and the Self
This chapter offers a discussion of Novalis’ philosophy of nature, and his parallel concern with education and moral development. It argues that in both instances, Novalis is concerned with “romanticizing” the world— whether it be through discerning the ideal in the real (nature), or instantiating the ideal through moral action— and argues that, for Novalis, understanding nature and undertaking moral action are interdependent activities. The chap…
New Philosophical Ideals
This chapter explores Schlegel’s earliest philosophical writings, including his review of Jacobi’s novel, Woldemar and critical notes on the Wissenschaftslehre from 1795-96. It elaborates Schlegel’s critique of Jacobi and of the notion of the unconditioned, and argues that for Schlegel, the idea of an unconditioned principle is problematic for two reasons. First, it implies an unjustified presupposition of the task and object of philosophy. Secon…
Presenting Nature
This chapter investigates Schlegel’s notion of fragment and explicates the way in which Schlegel employed the metaphor of the plant to construct his ideal of a “system of fragments.” In opposition to the widespread interpretation of Schlegel’s conception of the fragment, it argues that although the fragment resists closure, this does not imply that fragments are in a state of infinite struggle or contradiction. By contrast, the chapter illustrate…
A Living Organon of the Sciences
This chapter explores the meaning and implication of this claim, and elaborates Novalis’ conception of an “encyclopedia” of knowledge. It argues that for Novalis the artistic or creative mind is most able to grasp nature, precisely because the artist, through the creation of works of art or “living thoughts,” partakes in the activity or productivity of nature. The chapter illustrates that, although the work of the creative mind transforms nature,…
Conclusion
The final section of the book elaborates the connections between the three thinkers examined, and maintains that, in spite of their differences, they agreed on the most fundamental level. It points to the distinctive interpretation of The Romantic Absolute, and argues that in the work of the romantics, we find a formidable attempt to grasp and present the relation between mind and nature and in a coherent, but non-reductive way, that continues to…
Conclusion to Part 2
This chapter is a brief recapitulation of Part Two. It indicates that Schlegel’s key contributions to the history of philosophy consist in his move beyond subjective transcendental idealism, in the historicization of being or nature (and thus of philosophy), and in the development of new systematic ideals and methods.
The Philosophy of Nature
This chapter explores Schelling’s turn to nature, and engages with the debates concerning the origins of his transformed understanding of nature. While in his early writings on nature, Schelling had insisted that nature must be grasped as a product of the mind, in his 1799 Einleitung to the Entwurf eines Systems der Naturphilosophie, he maintains that nature is independent of mind. The chapter argues that his transformed understanding of nature i…
Interpreting the Fichte-Studien
This chapter focuses on Novalis’ so-called Fichte-Studien (1795-6), which Manfred Frank has described as the “most important contribution to philosophical romanticism.” It considers two competing interpretations of the Fichte-Studien and of Novalis’ relationship to Fichte, and argues that both overemphasize the significance and coherence of the text. The chapter illustrates that in these early notes, Novalis develops two mutually exclusive concep…
Conclusion to Part 1
This chapter offers a brief summary of the preceding chapters, by recounting key moments in Novalis’ development and pointing to his most important influences. It argues that although Novalis is deeply indebted to Kant, Fichte, Hemsterhuis and Goethe, he ultimately developed his own philosophical perspectives and goals, which sought to synthesize transcendental philosophy with his artistic insights and his interest in the natural sciences of his …
Conclusion to Part 3
The Romantic Absolute
Identity Philosophy and the Philosophy of Art
This chapter explores Schelling’s turn to reason following the System. It contends that the problem with the work of art has to do with the fact that it remains an object, opposed to the subject. As such, it cannot truly present the absolute. The chapter traces the development of Schelling’s thought in the identity philosophy, beginning with the Darstellung meines Systems der Philosophie (1801), and argues that in spite of decisive differences be…
Romantic Empiricism after the “End of Nature”
Over the last two decades, environmental theorists have repeatedly pronounced the “end” of nature, arguing that the idea of nature is neither plausible nor desirable. This chapter offers an environmental reappraisal of romanticism, in light of these critiques. Its goals are historical and systematic. First, the chapter assesses the validity of the environmentalist critique of the romantic conception of nature by distinguishing different strands w…
The Relevance of Romanticism
This collection of essays directly considers the reasons why philosophers have recently become deeply interested in romantic thought. Through historical and systematic reconstructions, the volume offers greater understanding of romanticism as a philosophical movement and deeper insight into the role that romantic thought plays - or can play - in contemporary philosophical debates
Sensibility and Organic Unity
In 1796 Friedrich Schiller famously declared that there are two kinds of poets, those who “will be nature” and those who “will seek lost nature.”1 He called the former “naive,” identified them with
Analogy, Natural History and the Philosophy of Nature
In 1785 Kant published a series of critical reviews of Johann Gottfried Herder's Ideas for a Philosophy of the History of Humanity (1784-1785), in which he not only challenges Herder's conception of nature but also, and more importantly, his methodology. Kant's complaint is that by relying on analogy, Herder draws deeply mistaken conclusions that overlook fundamental differences between human and nonhuman beings. But was Kant's critique of Herder…
Introduction
The metaphor of epigenesis
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