Gerd Schank

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Gerd Schank (* 1938 in Birkenfeld (Nahe) ; † November 12, 2007 ) was a German German and Romance scholar who became known for his contributions to foreign words and research on Friedrich Nietzsche .

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Schank studied German, Romance languages ​​and philosophy at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . He received his doctorate in German studies in 1971 with the dissertation Etymology and Word Play in Johann Fischart's 'Geschichtsklitterung' , a contribution to the understanding of language in the 16th century. From 1971 to 1977 he was a research assistant at the Institute for the German Language at Freiburg University, where he also completed his habilitation. From 1977 Schank was a lecturer at the Institute for German Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen , where he also belonged to the Nietzsche Werkgroep.

In his studies on Nietzsche's Ecce homo , he used combined philosophical and semantic analysis methods to show problems in the relationship between the Apollonian-Dionysian and Christianity in the late Nietzsche. He relativized the usual conception of an opposing relationship between Dionysus and Christianity by assuming that one can speak more of a Dionysian agon.

Works

  • Conflicts in conversations . With Johannes Schwittalla. Tübingen 1987 ( ISBN 3-87808-296-7 )
  • Mention of the speech in the interview. Structural and conversational analyzes on 4 interview types . Düsseldorf 1989 ( ISBN 3-590-15678-3 )
  • Friends and opponents: Nietzsche's writing ethic in his letters and his philosophical "war practice" . Würzburg 1999 ( ISBN 3-8260-1671-8 )
  • Funny owls - originals in the German provinces . A contribution to a popular type. Berlin 1999 ( ISBN 3-906762-71-8 )
  • "Race" and "Breeding" at Nietzsche . Berlin 2000 ( ISBN 3-11-016872-3 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical information according to Jürgen Dittmann (Ed.): Works on conversation analysis . Tübingen 1979, p. 298; Date of death according to Herman Siemens : "Revaluation: Nietzsche's 'War Practice' and the Problem of Yes-Saying and No-Saying in Ecce Homo." In: Nietzsche Studies: International Yearbook for Nietzsche Research . Edited by Josef Simon , Günter Abel, Werner Stegmaier . Volume 38, 2009, p. 182
  2. ↑ "D ionysos versus the Crucified 'A philological and philosophical study of Nietzsche's" Ecce Homo " . Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt / M., New York, Paris, Vienna, 1993. 166 S. European University Theses: Series 20, Philosophy. Vol. 394
personal data
SURNAME Schank, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German studies in German and Romance studies
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Birkenfeld (Nahe)
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 2007