The Human Vocation and the Question of the Earth
Karoline von Günderrode’s Philosophy of Nature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21291478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dalia Nassar (0000-0001-6018-5949, University of Sydney Department of Philosophy New South Wales 2006 Sydney AU, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 108-130 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9101 • E-ISSN: 0943-3988 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/agph-2019-0028 |
| OpenAlex | W3134789640 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
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 to the great Enlightenment question concerning the human vocation, but from a distinctive romantic-idealist angle. I begin by demonstrating the influence of Fichte’s 1800 Vocation of Humanity on Günderrode’s thinking, which involves an investigation of both Fichte’s text and Günderrode’s critical response to it. I then turn to “Idea of the Earth” where I analyse Günderrode’s understanding of nature and the self in light of her critique of Fichte, and thereby distinguish her position from Fichte’s and from the position espoused by her fellow romantics and idealists. By reading “Idea of the Earth” alongside Fichte’s text and Günderrode’s remarks on it, this article sheds new light on both Günderrode’s understanding and defence of Naturphilosophie – against Fichte’s critique of it – and her distinctive contribution to romantic philosophies of nature
Art · Earth (classical element) · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Humanity · Literature · Natural (archaeology) · Nature · Reading (process) · Relation (database) · Romance · Theology · History · Philosophical and Historical Studies · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History
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Idealism and Naturalism in the Nineteenth Century
German Idealism
On religion
Fichte's Vocation of Man
Freedom and Reason in Kant, Schelling, and Kierkegaard
Nature, Self, and Gender
The Romantic Conception of Life
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |