Dieter Jähnig

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Dieter Jähnig (born March 14, 1926 in Leipzig ; † November 12, 2016 ) was a German philosopher and art historian .

Life

Jähnig studied since 1947 a. a. with Bernhard Schweitzer and archeology and art history in Leipzig and Tübingen. In 1956 he received his doctorate with the Germanist Friedrich Beißner at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen with a thesis on Friedrich Hölderlin's Homburg essays . In 1968 he completed his habilitation, also in Tübingen, with a thesis on Schelling's philosophy of art. From 1974 to 1988 he was professor of philosophy in Tübingen.

In addition to his research on Hölderlin and German idealism , especially on Schelling, Jähnig mainly dealt with questions of aesthetics , art philosophy and art theory. He was particularly interested in the interrelationships between art / poetry and history. In addition to the philosophy of history and the preoccupation with non-European cultures, the examination of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger formed a focus of his scientific work.

Publications (selection)

Standalone books:

  • Poetry and history. Holderlin's contributions to the philosophy of history and the philosophy of the arts . Edited by Dieter Rahn (Hölderlin lectures, Tübingen 1985), Hildesheim: Olms, 2019.
  • Standards for the consideration of art and history by Jacob Burckhardt , Basel: Schwabe, 2006.
  • Art historical considerations: Jacob Burckhardt's Topologie der Kunst Vol. II , Tübingen, Philosopher. Seminar, 1995.
  • Art historical considerations: Jacob Burckhardt's Topologie der Kunst, Vol. I , Tübingen, philosopher. Seminar, 1984.
  • Self-alienation - world alienation: on the connection between European philosophy and modern technology , Villigst: Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst, 1982.
  • World history, art history: on the relationship between knowledge of the past and the like. Change , Cologne: DuMont Schauberg, 1975.
  • Schelling: The art in philosophy : (Vol. I: Schelling's foundation of nature and history, Vol. II: The truth function of art), Pfullingen: Neske, 1966.
  • Preliminary studies to explain Hölderlin's Homburg essays , Tübingen, Phil. F., Diss. Nov 20, 1956.

Essays:

  • “The origin of the work of art” and modern art , in: Herrmann, Friedrich-Wilhelm (ed.): Art and technology: memorial for the 100th birthday of Martin Heidegger, Frankfurt am Main 1989, pp. 219-254.
  • The 'turn' in Heidegger's understanding of history . In: Thomas Buchheim (ed.): Destruction and translation. On the tasks of the history of philosophy according to Martin Heidegger. Weinheim, 1989. pp. 101-125.
  • The connection between the end of art and the beginning of art history in Hegel , in: Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft Vol. 34. Bonn 1989. H. 1, pp. 82–89.
  • Art and space in Günter Neske (ed.): Memory of Martin Heidegger, Pfullingen: Neske, 1977, pp. 131–48.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice. Südkurier, November 26, 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Jähnig, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and art scholar
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 2016