Karen Arajewitsch Swassjan

Karen Swassjan (2006)

Karen Swassjan ( Russian Карен Араевич Свасьян , scientific. Transliteration : Karen Araevič Svas'jan , . Poor Կարեն Սվասյան ) (* 2. January 1948 in Tbilisi ) is a of Armenian philosopher , literary scholar , cultural historian and anthroposophist .

life and work

Karen Swassjan studied philosophy as well as English and French philology in Yerevan and did her doctorate with a thesis on Bergson . In 1981 he received his habilitation on The Problem of the Symbol in Modern Philosophy . He was a professor of philosophy, cultural history and aesthetics at the Yerevan State University . In addition, he worked as a translator into Russian and editor of works by Nietzsche (the first post-revolutionary Russian edition of Nietzsche), Spenglers ( The Fall of the West ) and Rilkes ( The Sonnets to Orpheus ).

He is the author of numerous books on philosophy and anthroposophy, literature, the history of culture and science, including a biography of Goethe that is widespread in Russian-speaking countries , a history of European science and the work of Goethe's philosophical worldview, as well as books on Nietzsche, Spengler, Husserl and Cassirer . There are also numerous German-language publications, especially on anthroposophical topics.

Karen Swassjan was a research award winner from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Bonn in 1993/94 . In 1997 he was visiting professor at the University of Innsbruck . Since 1993 he has lived as a freelance writer and lecturer in Basel .

Awards

• 2009 First prize in the essay competition of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Works (in German)

Monographs

• On the way to Damascus. On the intellectual situation between East and West . Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-87838-967-1
• The Lord's Supper. For the centenary of the “ Philosophy of Freedom ” . Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 1993, ISBN 3-7235-0710-7
• The Karl Ballmer rehearsal . With two essays by Karl Ballmer. Edition LGC, Siegen / Sancey le Grand 1994, ISBN 3-930964-80-5
• Nietzsche - Attempt to become God. Two variations on a fate . Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 1994, ISBN 3-7235-0767-0
• The downfall of a Westerner. Oswald Spengler and his Requiem on Europe . Heinrich, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932458-08-7
• Fate is called: Goethe . Geering, Dornach 1999, ISBN 3-7235-1048-5
• What is anthroposophy? Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 2001, ISBN 3-7235-1115-5
• Anthroposophic curative education. To the story of a new beginning . Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 2004, ISBN 3-7235-1206-2
• Rudolf Steiner. A coming one . Verlag am Goetheanum, 2nd additional edition, Dornach 2017, ISBN 3-7235-1259-3
• Processed anthroposophy. A ghost ride . Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 2007; 2nd ext. A. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7235-1324-8
• To the history of the future. Three essays . Verlag für Anthroposophie, Dornach 2010, ISBN 978-3-03769-019-2
• Dreamed or wanted? Twelve sketches about Switzerland . Verlag für Anthroposophie, Dornach 2014, ISBN 978-3-03769-050-5
• History of Philosophy from a Karmic Perspective: An Obituary for Thought from Plato to Stirner . Verlag für Anthroposophie, Dornach 2016, ISBN 978-3906891019

• Rudolf Steiner: An Introduction . EM Edition Morel, Dornach 2017, ISBN 978-3906891033

• Europe. Two swan songs. EM Edition Morel, Dornach 2018, ISBN 978-3906891040

Editing

• Primal phenomena. Memoranda for those who watch (with Georg Friedrich Schulz). Geering, Dornach 1994–1998:
  • Prelude: What we want. Certificates , 1994
  • World power Rudolf Steiner , 3 volumes, 1995
  • The Destruction of Culture , 2 volumes, 1996/98
• Max Stirner : The untrue principle of our education . Introduction by Willy Storrer. Afterword by Karen Swassjan. Geering, Dornach 1997, ISBN 3-7235-0983-5
• Karl Ballmer : Outlines of a Christology of Spiritual Science. Texts and letters . Geering, Dornach 1999, ISBN 3-7235-1072-8
• Louis MI Werbeck: Rudolf Steiner's opponents and anthroposophy, refuted by themselves . Forum for Humanities, Wallisellen 2003

Web links

• Literature by and about Karen Arajewitsch Swassjan in the catalog of the German National Library
• Forum for Humanities
• Extract from What is anthroposophy? (PDF; 100 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Essay competition