Guido Rappe

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Guido Rappe (born May 17, 1960 in Mönchengladbach ) is a German philosopher and ethnologist .

Life

Guido Rappe studied ethnology , sociology , philosophy and Malayology at the University of Cologne , where he graduated in 1990 with a master's degree in ethnology. In 1994 he received his doctorate in philosophy under Hermann Schmitz at the University of Kiel . From 1994 to 1996 he was a research fellow at the University of Kyoto on a research grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation . He completed his habilitation in 1999 at the University of Karlsruhe , where he was appointed adjunct professor of philosophy in 2007 . From 2012 to 2017 he was a professor at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo . He has been a professor at Osaka University since 2017 .

Services

phenomenology

Guido Rappe has published numerous books and writings that can primarily be assigned to the areas of cultural comparison and phenomenology . The concept of the phenomenal body occupies a central place in his works. Here the influence of Rappe through the body concept of Schmitz's New Phenomenology is evident . In contrast to Schmitz, however, Rappe regards the body as closely intertwined with a person's biography. Correspondingly, Rappe focuses on the task of “daring to try to determine or explain the shares in the physical senses that make the life of the body appear previously shaped by the biography or socialization”. Rappe also speaks of his approach as penetrating the mnemonic dimension of human body experience. While the (bodily understood) dimension of spatial experience is spanned by narrowness and space, the basic categories of temporal experience for black are pleasure and displeasure (in the sense of attraction and repulsion ). Lust stretches the body towards its satisfaction, which results in a rhythm of lack and abundance (as the removal of lack). This rhythm can be felt with hunger and thirst , for example .

At the center of Rappe's reflections on the biographical development of humans is the concept of the gestalt circle , coined by the physician Viktor von Weizsäcker , which refers to "the process of mutual adaptation of body and environment". By conceiving the body as biographically shaped, there are possibilities of connecting Rappe's body phenomenological works to the concept of habitus according to Elias and Bourdieu . For Rappe, the entire bodily dynamic is based on acquired and constitutional bodily dispositions , which can be "understood as habitus forms acquired in the course of life". These essentially shape “the way of being in the world and the way people deal with themselves, others and their environment”.

Subjectivist turn

A central concern in Rappe's work is to contrast the reductionist natural sciences , which are increasingly dominating in our society, with an alternative and genuine humanities perspective. In his view, this appears necessary "in order to maintain the delicate balance between the natural sciences and the humanities that shaped our understanding of science in the modern age". Following Kant's epistemological Copernican turn, Rappe speaks here of the subjectivist turn . This is intended to show a third path running between materialism and idealism , which focuses on the physical subject and its subjectivity . For Rappe, the struggle between idealism and materialism, which he describes as a gigantomachy based on Plato , is carried out on the back of feelings and bodily feeling, although these are the real source of our certainty of being and thus lie at the root of all human knowledge. From the point of view of the subjectivist turning point, there is no other criterion for reality than bodily feeling:

“We are physically in a phenomenal world! This is the basic position of the new subjectivism, which the subjectivist turning point never tires of emphasizing. From here we have to proceed scientifically, ie scientifically and epistemologically! Otherwise we will add what has not been identified and end up in religious dogmatism! "

- Guido Rappe : Neuro-Religion I. The homunculus and the feelings , Projektverlag, Bochum 2016, p. 253

Rappe sees the origin of the subjectivist turn as an independent trend in Schopenhauer .

Wheel of creativity

In addition to his scientific projects, Rappe founded the "Idea Finder" project in 2005 together with cabaret artist Martin Sommerhoff . This creativity development project is the result of a dialogue between philosophy and art. As part of the project, the wheel of creativity was developed as a creativity technique.

Works (selection)

Books

  • Archaic body experience. The body in early Greek philosophy and in non-European cultures . Akademie Verlag , Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-05-002714-2 .
  • Intercultural ethics
    • Vol. I: Ethics and forms of rationality in a cultural comparison. A criticism of postconventionalism . European University Press , Berlin / Bochum / London / Paris 2003, ISBN 3-86515-002-0 .
    • Vol. II: Ethical Anthropology, Part 1: The body as the foundation of ethics . European University Press, Berlin / Bochum / London / Paris 2005, ISBN 3-86515-003-9 .
    • Vol. II: Ethical Anthropology, Part 2: Personal Ethics . European University Press, Berlin / Bochum / London / Paris 2006, ISBN 3-86515-003-9 .
    • Vol. III: Deontological virtue ethics. The theory of ancient self-cultivation . European University Press, Berlin / Bochum / London / Paris 2008, ISBN 978-3-86515-004-2 .
    • Vol. IV: Ethics as the art of living. The practice of ancient ethical techniques . European University Press, Berlin / Bochum / London / Paris 2010, ISBN 978-3-86515-005-9 .
  • Comparing Greek and ancient Chinese ethics. The example of virtue ethics . European University Press, Berlin / Bochum / London / Paris 2006, ISBN 978-3-89966-213-9 .
  • The shame in a cultural comparison. Ancient concepts of moral shame in Greece and China . Projektverlag , Bochum 2010, ISBN 978-3-89733-201-0 .
  • The nature of man as a moral potential. Concepts of human self-image in ancient China and Greece . Projektverlag, Bochum 2010, ISBN 978-3-89733-215-7 .
  • Body and subject. Phenomenological contributions to an expanded view of man . Projektverlag, Bochum 2012, ISBN 978-3-89733-255-3 .
  • Neuro-religion
    • Neuro-religion I. The homunculus and feelings . Projektverlag, Bochum 2016, ISBN 978-3-89733-401-4 .
    • Neuro-religion II. What neuro-science still cannot explain . Projektverlag, Bochum 2016, ISBN 978-3-89733-405-2 .
  • Introduction to modern phenomenology. Phenomenon / body / subjectivity . Projektverlag, Bochum 2018, ISBN 978-3-89733-443-4 .
  • Atmospheric leadership: Perceiving moods and influencing them in a targeted manner . Hanser Verlag , Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-446-45477-4 . (with Christian Julmi )

Book chapter

  • The heart in a cultural comparison. In: Georg Berkemer, Guido Rappe (ed.): The heart in a cultural comparison . Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1996, pp. 211-236.
  • Creative potential and creative atmospheres. In: Christian Julmi (ed.): Conversations about creativity. Projektverlag, Bochum / Freiburg 2013, pp. 43–73.
  • The Leibapriori in a cultural comparison of ancient Greek and Chinese 'techniques of the body'. In: Bernhard Irrgang / Thomas Rentsch (ed.): "Leib" in the modern German philosophy. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2015, pp. 45–72.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guido Rappe: Creative potential and creative atmospheres . In: Christian Julmi (ed.): Conversations about creativity . Projektverlag, Bochum / Freiburg 2013, p. 43 .
  2. ↑ Guido Rappe: Interkulturelle Ethik, Vol. II: Ethical Anthropology, Part 1: The body as a foundation of ethics . European University Press, Berlin / Bochum / London / Paris 2005, pp. 418-419 .
  3. ↑ Guido Rappe: Body and Subject. Phenomenological contributions to an expanded view of man . Projektverlag, Bochum 2012, p. 164 .
  4. ↑ Guido Rappe: Body and Subject. Phenomenological contributions to an expanded view of man . Projektverlag, Bochum 2012, p. 44 .
  5. ↑ Guido Rappe: Interkulturelle Ethik, Vol. II: Ethical Anthropology, Part 1: The body as a foundation of ethics . European University Press, Berlin / Bochum / London / Paris 2005, pp. 487 .
  6. ↑ Guido Rappe: Neuro-Religion I. The homunculus and the feelings . Projektverlag, Bochum 2016, p. 7 .
  7. ↑ See Guido Rappe: Neuro-Religion I. The homunculus and the feelings . Projektverlag, Bochum 2016, p. 16 .
  8. ↑ See Guido Rappe: Neuro-Religion I. The homunculus and the feelings . Projektverlag, Bochum 2016, p. 148 .
  9. ↑ See Guido Rappe: Neuro-Religion I. The homunculus and the feelings . Projektverlag, Bochum 2016, p. 66 .
  10. ↑ See Guido Rappe: Neuro-Religion I. The homunculus and the feelings . Projektverlag, Bochum 2016, p. 16 .
  11. ^ The Idea Finder , accessed on June 1, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Black, Guido
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Mönchengladbach