Józef Kremer

Józef Kremer

Józef Kremer (born February 22, 1806 in Cracow ; † June 2, 1875 there ) was a Polish philosopher , aesthetician , art historian and pioneer of psychology .

Life

Józef Kremer studied at the universities of Cracow , Berlin , Heidelberg and Paris . From 1850 he was professor of philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, from 1853 he gave lectures on aesthetics and art history at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow . From 1870 to 1871 he was rector of the Jagiellonian University . Josef Kremer was a creator of the pioneering concepts for many areas of the humanities. Even before Freud, he introduced a systematic division of psychological phenomena into conscious and unconscious. In Polish art history he was the first to use the correct names for the art styles and wrote the first handbook for aesthetics .

He was the grandfather of the writer Lucjan Rydel .

Fonts (selection)

• Dzieła Józefa Kremera. Edited by Henryk Struve . 12 volumes. Lewental, Warsaw 1877–1880.
• Wybór pism estetycznych. Edited by Ryszard Kasperowicz. Universitas, Krakow 2011, ISBN 978-83-242-1638-3 .
• "Krynica wiadomości". Korespondencja Józefa Kremera z lat 1834–1875. Edited by Zbigniew Sudolski. Universitas, Krakow 2007, ISBN 978-83-242-0920-0 .

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Kremer, Joseph (I.) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, p. 195 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Halina Kowalska:  Kremer (Kraemer) Józef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 254.
• Jacek Maj (ed.): Józef Kremer (1806–1875) . Universitas, Krakow 2007, ISBN 978-83-242-0748-0 ( online ).
• Urszula Bęczkowska, Jacek Maj (ed.): W kręgu Józefa Kremera. Wkład rodziny Kremerów w kulturę i naukę Krakowa , Kraków, Jagiellonian Library 2016, ISBN 978-83-943816-3-9 ( online ).