Alois Maria Haas

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Alois Maria Haas

Alois Maria Haas (* 23. February 1934 in Zurich ) is a Swiss German scholar , philosopher , literary scholar and mystic researchers . Until his retirement in autumn 1999, he taught and researched as a professor at the University of Zurich .

Life and education

Alois Maria Haas grew up as the third of four children of a master baker. From 1949 to 1955 he attended the grammar school of the Benedictine monastery in Engelberg . From 1955 he studied German, philosophy and history at the universities of Zurich, Berlin, Paris and Munich. During his studies, he completed two years of military service in Switzerland. His habilitation in German studies took place in 1969. He has been married to the psychotherapist Paula Arvio-Haas since 2000.

Teaching

From 1969 to 1971 Haas was associate professor at McGill University in Montreal, then associate professor and, from 1974, full professor at the chair for "German literary history from the beginnings to 1700" in Zurich.

Think

For decades, Alois Haas dealt with the history of Western spirituality and questions of religious philosophy. For several years he has been concerned with theistic and atheistic mysticism. As a Catholic intellectual he endeavors to make sense of the uncertainty that now dominates our spiritual inspirations to the absolute. In his experience there is no darkness without light, the darkness itself is light that can be guessed at in the realities of life. Suhrkamp-Verlag describes him as "the undisputed master of so-called German mysticism ".

Fonts

Alois Maria Haas has published books and over 200 articles, essays and contributions in scientific publications. Several of his books have been translated into other languages.

Books

  • Parzival's dullness in Wolfram von Eschenbach. Schmidt, Berlin 1964.
  • It was never the same: Studies on the teaching of self-knowledge with Meister Eckhart, Johannes Tauler and Heinrich Seuse. Uni-Verlag, Freiburg i. Ü. 1971.
  • The "Einig Ein": Studies on the theory and language of German mysticism. Uni-Verlag, Freiburg i. Ü. 1980, ISBN 3-7278-0221-9 .
  • Christ in us: mystical currents from Angelus Silesius to Tersteegen. Evangelical Academy Baden, Karlsruhe 1983, ISBN 3-88450-046-5 .
  • Spiritual Middle Ages. Uni-Verlag, Freiburg i. Ü. 1984, ISBN 3-7278-0306-1 .
  • Deum mistice videre… in caligine coincidencie: On the relationship between Nikolaus von Kues and mysticism. Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Frankfurt 1989, ISBN 3-7190-1051-1 .
  • The dark night of the senses: the experience of suffering and Christian mysticism. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-491-77786-0 .
  • Images of Death in the Middle Ages: Facts and Notes in German Literature. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1989, ISBN 3-534-06719-3 .
  • Gottleiden - Gottlieben: on vernacular mysticism in the Middle Ages. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 3-458-16009-4 .
  • Sermo mysticus: Studies on theology and language of German mysticism. Uni-Verlag, Freiburg i. Ü. 1989, ISBN 3-7278-0189-1 .
  • Eckardus Theutonicus, homo doctus et sanctus: Evidence and reports on the trial against Meister Eckhart. Uni-Verlag, Freiburg i. Ü. 1992, ISBN 3-7278-0773-3 .
  • Theologia German: «Der Franckforter» / (Johannes de Francfordia). Johannes, Freiburg i. B. 1993, ISBN 3-89411-279-4 .
  • Meister Eckhart as a normative figure of spiritual life. Johannes, Freiburg i. B. 1995, ISBN 3-89411-141-0 .
  • Art of right serenity: themes and emphases of Heinrich Seuse's mysticism. Lang, Berlin, Bern 1996, ISBN 3-906756-82-3 .
  • The fight for the Holy Spirit - Luther and the enthusiasts. Uni-Verlag, Freiburg i. Ü. 1997, ISBN 3-7278-1114-5 .
  • Difficult women - difficult men in medieval literature. Lang, Berlin, Bern 1999, ISBN 3-906760-45-6 .
  • Mysticism - Tradition - Natural History: Objects and Methods of Medieval Research Practice. Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim 2002, ISBN 3-487-11805-X .
  • Nietzsche: Between Dionysus and Christ. Insights into a struggle for life. DreiPunktVerlag, Wald / Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-905409-06-2 .
  • Mysticism in context. Fink, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-3693-2 .
  • Mysticism as a statement: forms of experience, thought and speech in Christian mysticism. With a name and subject index by Louise Gnädinger. Verlag der Welteligionen, Frankfurt, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-458-72003-4 .
  • "... to attain the last of our longings." Nikolaus von Kues as a mystic. Trier Cusanus Lecture. Paulinus, Trier 2008, ISBN 978-3-7902-1482-6 .
  • Wind of the Absolute: Mystical Wisdom of the Postmodern? Johannes, Freiburg i. B. 2009, ISBN 978-3-89411-409-1 .
  • Meister Eckhart - the God seeker. From eternity into now . (together with Thomas Binotto) Kreuz, Freiburg i. Ü. 2013, ISBN 978-3-45161-230-5 .
  • Mystical thought pictures. Johannes, Freiburg i. Br. 2014, ISBN 978-3-89411-423-7

As editor

  • Johann Fischart: Flöh Hatz, women Tratz. Reclam, Stuttgart 1967.
  • Johann Fischart: The Glückhäft ship from Zurich. Reclam, Stuttgart 1967.
  • Abraham a Sancta Clara: Whimsical dream of a big fool's nest. Reclam, Stuttgart 1969.
  • Andreas Gryphius: Catharina of Georgia. Reclam, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-15-009751-7 .
  • Jan van Ruusbroec: The ornament of the spiritual wedding. Johannes, Einsiedeln 1987, ISBN 3-265-10321-8 .
  • Nikolaus von Kues: From seeing God. A book of mystical contemplation. Artemis, Zurich 1987, ISBN 3-7608-0728-3 .
  • Johannes Tauler: Sermons. Volume I and Volume II. Johannes, Einsiedeln 1987, ISBN 3-89411-275-1 .
  • Study edition by Hans Urs von Balthasar. Johannes, Einsiedeln 1998. (9 publications)

Rows

  • 1990–2000: Editor of Nova Acta Paracelsica. Volume 6-14. Lang, Bern.
  • German literature from the beginnings to 1700. Volumes 1–38. Lang, Bern.
  • Studies in German, English and comparative literature. Bouvier, Bonn.

Honors

  • 1978: Dr. theol. H. c. from the Theological Faculty of the University of Friborg (Switzerland)
  • 1988–1989: Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin
  • 1989–2000: President of the Swiss Paracelsus Society
  • 1979: Honorary gift from the Literature Commission of the Canton of Zurich
  • 1996: Honorary gift from the Literature Commission of the City of Zurich
  • Honorary President of the Hans Urs von Balthasar Foundation
  • 2009: Dr. H. c. of the Pompeu Fabra University , Barcelona
  • 2015: Zeno Karl Schindler Prize / SAGG Prize for German literary studies

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Commentary on the book "Nietzsche: Between Dionysus and Christ"
  2. ↑ Haas' commentary on the book "Wind des Absoluten"
  3. ↑ Presentation of the book "Gottleiden - Gottlieben" ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 326 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Haas, Alois Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haas, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Germanist, philosopher, literary scholar and mystic researcher
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich