Heidemarie Bennent-Vahle

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Heidemarie Bennent-Vahle (* 1954 ) is a German practicing philosopher , logotherapist, literary scholar and author.

Life

Heidemarie Bennent studied philosophy and German literature from 1973 to 1984 and graduated with a master's degree and a doctorate.

From 1985 to 1987 she was a lecturer at the University of Chambéry and the University of Rennes II in France.Since then she has held various teaching positions at schools and universities, for example at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Aachen , and teaches philosophy and literature at the Euregio-Kolleg in Würselen .

Bennent-Vahle works freelance in her philosophical practice in Henri-Chapelle in Belgium , where she also lives.

She has been chairwoman of the board of directors of the International Society for Philosophical Practice (IGPP) since 2017 and thus also co-editor of the IGPP yearbook. She has written several papers on the philosophy of the art of living.

philosophy

For Bennent-Vahle, philosophizing is a contribution to improving interpersonal culture. She assumes that thinking and feelings belong together. She describes the feelings as the 'elixir of the spirit'. They reflect human judgments about life issues and social values ​​emerge from them. The feelings are therefore 'the heart of ethics'. Philosophical thinking or reflection has to work together with feeling if people want to be happy. Philosophical thinking enables you to 'explore your own situation', distance yourself and discover new perspectives and options for action. The most important thing is how people 'let philosophizing flow' into their lives.

Bennent-Vahle's 'philosophical advisory practice' is therefore about 'existential philosophizing', as Sören Kierkegaard and Martin Buber , among others , have done. Bennent-Vahle believes that the need for 'philosophical practice' will increase. The professional world is making ever more extensive demands. People “tend to exploit themselves beyond their own strength.” That makes it necessary to think.

Fonts

  • Prudence - A Political Virtue. Freiburg, Br .: Alber 2020, ISBN 978-3-495-49151-5
  • with Thomas Gutknecht and Dietlinde Schmalfuß-Plicht (eds.): Cultures of Dialogue. Mediation of philosophical practice . Yearbook of the International Society for Philosophical Practice (IGPP) Vol. 5. LIT Verlag Berlin-Münster-Vienna-Zurich-London 2016
  • with Thomas Gutknecht and Dietlinde Schmalfuß-Plicht (eds.): Philosophical practice as communication of existence . - Yearbook of the International Society for Philosophical Practice (IGPP) Vol. 6. LIT Verlag Berlin-Münster-Vienna-Zurich-London 2015, ISBN 978-3-643-12745-7 .
  • with Ute Gahlings and Robert Kozljanic: VII Yearbook for Life Thinkers . - Albunea Verlag Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-937656-16-8 .
  • Thinking with feeling: Insights into the philosophy of emotions . Freiburg, Br .: Alber 2013, ISBN 978-3-495-48620-7 .
  • Happiness comes from thinking: the art of taking control of your own life . Freiburg, Br .: Herder 2011, ISBN 978-3-451-32535-9 .
  • with Thomas Gutknecht and Thomas Polednitschek (eds.): Lust am Logos . - Yearbook of the International Society for Philosophical Practice (IGPP) Vol. 4. LIT Verlag Berlin-Münster-Vienna-Zurich-London 2011, ISBN 978-3-643-11037-4 .
  • Johanna Charlotte Unzer : Outline of a worldly whiteness for the woman . - Second edition 1767. Revised edition. 2nd edition 1767, ed. by Heidemarie Bennent-Vahle. Ein-Fach-Verlag Aachen 1995, ISBN 978-3-928089-07-4 .
  • with Ursula I. Meyer (Ed.): Philosophinnen Lexikon . - One-subject publishing house Aachen 1994.
  • Gallantry and contempt: a study of the history of philosophy on the position of women in society and culture . - Campus-Verlag Frankfurt / Main 1985. Zugl .: Aachen, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 1984, ISBN 978-3-593-33514-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Heidemarie Bennent-Vahle , short biography on the homepage
  2. ↑ Heidemarie Bennent-Vahle ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Short biography at modernlifeschool Hamburg @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.modernlifeschool.de
  3. ↑ See The Future of Philosophical Practice. Conversation printed in: Information Philosophy.
personal data
SURNAME Bennent-Vahle, Heidemarie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bennent, Heidemarie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH 1954