Gert Mattenklott

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Gert Mattenklott (born January 21, 1942 in Oranienburg ; † October 3, 2009 in Berlin ) was a German comparatist , art philosopher , critic and essayist .

Mattenklott (right) in conversation with George Mosse , June 1983

Life

Mattenklott studied general and comparative literature , philosophy , German studies and history in Berlin, Göttingen and Grenoble, especially with Peter Szondi , Jacob Taubes and Wilhelm Emrich . He was charged with a dissertation about " melancholy in the drama of the Sturm und Drang " doctorate . At the age of 27, he completed his habilitation in 1969 with the study “Bilddienst. Aesthetic opposition in Beardsley and George". During his habilitation, he was a Research Fellow at Yale University . From 1972 to 1994 he taught as full professor for modern German literature and comparative literature at the Philipps University of Marburg , and since 1985 as adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst . In 1994 he returned to the Peter Szondi Institute of the Free University of Berlin as professor for comparative literature .

Mattenklott has held numerous visiting professorships, including in Japan, the USA, Israel and several times in Italy. He also worked as a critic, including for Merkur , for the Neue Rundschau , for Sinn und Form , for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) and for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ). His research interests included Judaica , Aesthetics , the Arts in Comparison and World Literature in Globalization .

Mattenklott was married to Gundel Mattenklott (* 1945), professor in the field of musical and aesthetic education at the Berlin University of the Arts . His grave is in the Dreifaltigkeitskirchhof II in Berlin.

Fonts (selection)

  • Melancholy in the drama of Sturm und Drang (= studies on general and comparative literature. Vol. 1, ISSN  0585-5950 ). Metzler, Stuttgart 1968 (at the same time: Berlin, Free University, dissertation, from February 15, 1967).
  • Picture service. Aesthetic opposition in Beardsley and George. Rogner & Bernhard, Munich 1970, ISBN 3-920802-54-3 .
  • The supersensible body. Contributions to the metaphysics of the body (= The new book. Vol. 170). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1982, ISBN 3-499-25170-1 .
  • Duds. Physiognomic essays (= Edition Suhrkamp 1343 = NF Bd. 343). Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-518-11343-7 .
  • with Gundel Mattenklott: Berlin Transit. A city as a station. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1987, ISBN 3-498-04306-4 .
  • as editor with Hannelore Schlaffer and Heinz Schlaffer: German letters 1750-1950 . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1988. ISBN 3-10-073004-6 .
  • Jewish intelligence in German letters. 1619-1988. Frankfurter Bund für Volksbildung, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-927269-11-5 (later as: About Jews in Germany. 1st edition, modified and expanded new edition. Jüdischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-633-54052 -0 ).
  • as a contributor in: Karl Blossfeldt : Urformen der Kunst - Wundergarten der Natur. The photographic work in one volume. Schirmer / Mosel, Munich et al. 1994, ISBN 3-88814-718-2 .
  • as editor: Berlin. Jewish cityscape. With an introduction to the history of the city by Inka Bertz. Jüdischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-633-54140-3 .
  • with Gerald Funk and Michael Pauen : Aesthetics of the Similar. (On the poetics and art philosophy of the modern age) (= Fischer-Taschenbücher 15003 Forum Wissenschaft, Literatur & Kunst ). Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-596-15003-5 .
  • as editor: Aesthetic experience under the sign of the dissolution of boundaries of the arts. Epistemic, aesthetic and religious forms of experience in comparison (= magazine for aesthetics and general art history . Special issue 4). Felix Meiner, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-7873-1698-1 .
  • Aesthetic opposition. Essays on literature, art and culture (= Fundus books. Vol. 189). Edited by Dirck Linck. Philo Fine Arts, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86572-585-1 .

literature

  • Thomas Nehrlich, Friederike Wißmann, Maria Zinfert (eds.): Art comparative studies . In memory of Gert Mattenklott (= Edition AVL. Vol. 4). With a speech by Eberhard Lämmert and a list of Gert Mattenklott's writings. Edition AVL, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-9809753-3-9 .
  • Lorenz Jäger : Passions are monarchical. Aesthetics of the Opposition. Gert Mattenklott turns 60. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . No. 17, January 21, 2002, p. 45.
  • Lothar Müller : The ends of the ellipse. On the death of the comparatist and essayist Gert Mattenklott. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . No. 229, October 6, 2009, p. 14.

Web links

Commons : Gert Mattenklott  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice of the family, Tagesspiegel of October 11, 2009, p. 15.
personal data
SURNAME Mattenklott, Gert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German comparator, art philosopher, critic, collector, essayist, writer and university politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Oranienburg near Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 2009
Place of death Berlin