The blue rider (magazine)
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| description | Journal of Philosophy |
| publishing company | the blue reiter publishing house for philosophy |
| Headquarters | Hanover |
| First edition | 1995 |
| Frequency of publication | half-yearly |
| Widespread edition | 3600 copies |
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| Editor-in-chief | Siegfried Reusch |
| Web link | derblauereiter.de |
| ISSN (print) | 0947-6563 |
The blue rider ( spelling : the blue rider ) is a popular scientific journal for philosophy based in Hanover . The journal appears every six months, in spring and autumn. Each issue is thematically accompanied and illustrated by a contemporary artist. The editor-in-chief of the Blue Rider is Siegfried Reusch.
concept
According to its own statements, Der Blaue Reiter is not a purely philosophical journal, but aims to present philosophy on a scientific level that is nevertheless understandable for laypeople and is also visually appealing.
Each issue has a central theme ("Truth", "Friendship", "Luxury" etc.), which has a certain topicality or a social or scientific relevance for the present. The main topic is deepened through various forms of presentation (main articles, shorter essays, lexicon entries, reviews, etc.). Both historical perspectives of the conceptual and historical development of ideas as well as systematic perspectives of the respective topics are examined in the individual contributions. The combination of legibility and well-founded objectivity with the highest possible entertainment value is the guiding principle of the journal. Quotations in foreign languages are translated, technical terms are explained, key terms are explained in separate layout elements. Each issue is preceded by a two-page editorial by Siegfried Reusch, which offers a brief overview of the articles provided in the magazine.
Emergence
The omega Verlag was initially born in 1995 from the idea of launching a generally understandable philosophy magazine . In 2009 the publishing house was renamed the Blaue reiter as part of the relocation from Ulm to Aachen . Philosophy Publishing House . The philosophical journal and its publishing house share color and image metaphors with the artist group “ Der Blaue Reiter ” around Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinski.
audience
In addition to philosophers, the journal primarily addresses a generally educated, philosophically and socially interested readership of non-professional philosophers as well as scientists from all other fields.
art
In each issue, various works by a contemporary artist are printed that explore the issue's theme in the interplay of philosophy and art. So far u. a. Silvia Bächli , Winfried Baumann , Wolfgang Mattheuer and Rune Mields undertook an artistic booklet design.
editorial staff
The editorial staff of the Blauer Reiters consists of humanities scholars who belong to the academic fields of philosophy and literary studies. Currently (as of March 2017) the editorial team consists of: Thomas Bach, Ralf Becker, Klaus Erlach, Stefan Gammel, Klaus Giel, Udo Grün, Jutta Heinz, Manfred Matheis, Otto-Peter Obermeier , Anna Pegam, Siegfried Reusch, Elke Uhl, Jan Urbich, Monika Urbich, Rüdiger Vaas , Robert Zimmer , Thomas Zoglauer.
Individual publication of the lexicon contributions
In September 2016, JB Metzler Verlag (Stuttgart) published edited volumes with encyclopedia articles from the journal der Blaue Reiter from the past 20 years
- “Dr. B. Reiters Lexicon of Philosophical Everyday Life "
- Volume 1: “Crisis Areas”, ISBN 978-3-476-02687-3
- Volume 2: “Übersinnliches”, ISBN 978-3-476-02688-0
- Volume 3: “Wesen”, ISBN 978-3-476-02689-7
- Volume 4: “Conditions”, ISBN 978-3-476-02690-3
Press reviews
“... one of the most remarkable philosophy magazines ... As demanding as necessary, as understandable as necessary. May such luxury remain with us for the benefit of philosophy. " - SWR2 “On Saturday Afternoon”, April 18, 2015
“Much can be attributed to the brisk side, others to the highly academic side, which wants good but cannot write easily. The journal for philosophy of the blue rider moves in the golden mean. The magazine, which appears twice a year, is also philosophical in that it has an idealistic attitude: authors, artists (responsible for the successful design), editors and publishers work free of charge. " - Mannheimer Morgen, September 21, 2009
“Since 1995, the editorial team has been able to attract well-known authors from a wide variety of humanities and cultural studies. For example Peter Sloterdijk, Vittorio Hösle, Jürgen Mittelstraß, Jan Assmann and former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. A main task of philosophy is the establishment and the confirmed questioning of the tasks and foundations of science and society. The journal also tries to fulfill this task in a generally understandable and constructive-critical way - and the journal manages this extremely well without drifting into popular science. " - Owlfish Literature, 2/2009
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Media data 05/2016. (PDF; 145 kB) In: derblauereiter.de. May 2016, accessed March 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Journal for Philosophy - the blue reiter: EDITORIAL. Retrieved March 21, 2017 .
- ↑ SWR2 on Saturday afternoon - Reinold Hermanns visits the editor of the philosophy journal “the blue rider”: Siegfried Reusch, Gott und die Welt. In: swrmediathek.de. April 18, 2015, accessed on March 21, 2017 (audio no longer online).
- ↑ Thomas Groß: No belief in ghosts, no spinning. Philosophy: The Baden-Württemberg magazine "Der Blaue Reiter" is dedicated to metaphysics. In: morgenweb.de. September 21, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2017 .