Julius Schwabe (semiotic)

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Julius Schwabe (* 1892 in Basel ; † 1980 ) was a Swiss symbol researcher and translator .

Life

Julius Schwabe was a son of the publisher Benno Schwabe . After attending the humanistic grammar school in Basel, he studied art history , philosophy and Romance philology at the universities of Basel and Berlin from 1911 . Extensive study trips took him to Florence , Siena and Rome . He received his doctorate in Basel in 1917. An encounter with Hans Kayser and his work led him to focus on symbol research in the 1940s. He also dedicated his main work Archetype and Zodiac to Kayser , in which he had processed historical and ethnographic material on the sign language of the ancient peoples and the still living "primitives" that he had collected over many years. Schwabe was also the initiator of the symbolist conferences that have taken place every year since 1951. Since 1960 he published the magazine Symbolon, yearbook for symbol research .

Works

as an author

  • The subjunctive in the Italian adverbial clause. Schwabe , Basel 1918.
  • Archetype and zodiac. Schwabe, Basel 1951. Reprint: Gauke Verlag, Hannoversch Münden 1987, ISBN 3-87998-532-4 .
  • The harmony as a creative synthesis and further essays on harmony. Circle of friends around Hans Kayser, Bern 1985, ISBN 978-3-906643-07-6 ( writings on harmony no.12 ).

as editor

  • Johannes Haller : Dante. Poet and man. Schwabe, Basel 1954.
  • Symbolon yearbook for symbol research. Volumes 1 to 7. Schwabe, Basel / Stuttgart 1971.
  • Hans Kayser : Orphicon: a harmonic symbolism. Schwabe, Basel 1973.

as translator

  • Émile Jaques-Dalcroze : rhythm, music and education. Schwabe, Basel 1922.
  • Luigi Cornaro : About the moderate life and the art of reaching old age - along with letters and other documents about the author's work and life. Schwabe, Basel 1925.
  • Alan Watts : From the spirit of Zen, a way of life and work in the Far East. Schwabe, Basel 1956. New edition: Insel Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-458-35064-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Schwabe, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss symbol researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH 1980