Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály

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Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály (born July 13, 1952 in Bad Oldesloe , Schleswig-Holstein ) is a German cultural manager and former head of the Friedrich Nietzsche College of the Weimar Classic Foundation .

Research and Academic Career

After graduating from high school in 1972, he studied philosophy , political science and literature in Kiel , Freiburg im Breisgau and Marburg until 1980 . In 1980 he received his doctorate in philosophy with a study of the early work of Friedrich Nietzsche with the professors Hans Heinz Holz , Gert Mattenklott and Katharina Kanthack. From 1983 to 1985 he worked in Florence as a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Italian Foreign Ministry with Mazzino Montinari , who, due to his studies in Weimar, had published the first unadulterated Nietzsche edition since the 1960s .

Schmidt-Grépály worked as a lecturer in philosophy at the universities of Florence , Kiel , Oldenburg , Bremen (until 1997), Jena and Weimar (since 1998). From 1989 to 1995 he was at the University of Oldenburg with Rudolf Prinz zur Lippe philosophical director of Karl Jaspers lectures on questions of time . Schmidt-Grépály worked in 1994 at the Bremen Theater together with the pioneer of German dance theater, Johannes Kresnik. Schmidt-Grépály also moderated the radio program “Doppel-Kopf” on hr2 at irregular intervals with interlocutors such as Nike Wagner , Almos Csongár or Ágnes Heller . In 1999 Schmidt-Grépály designed a Nietzsche evening in Brussels under the title “I am not a person, I am dynamite” (Friedrich Nietzsche) as the official contribution of the Free State of Thuringia to the German Presidency of the European Union . The Nietzsche production took place with the actors Silvia Fink and Harald Schwaiger from the German National Theater Weimar and Luise Härtwig, a graduate of the Weimar Music High School. The piece was subsequently u. a. performed in Weimar, Naumburg, Munich and Lyon.

Foundation of the Friedrich Nietzsche College

Schmidt-Grépály came to Weimar in 1992 with the idea of turning the “ Villa Silberblick ”, the legendary former Nietzsche archive , into a place for free spirits in the Nietzsche sense . After initially working as a freelancer for the Weimarer Klassik Foundation from 1993 to 1999 , Schmidt-Grépály became head of the Friedrich Nietzsche College in October 1999 . In 2002 he was awarded the “Premio Internazionale Federico Nietzsche” by the “Associazione Internazionale di Studi e Ricerche Federico Nietzsche” ( Palermo , Italy) for his initiative to establish and develop the college . Shortly after the 10th anniversary of the college, in January 2010 it received the award “Weimar - Place of Diversity”.

The project "Future of Modernism" funded by the Ernst Abbe Foundation Jena was founded in May 2016 by the Friedrich Nietzsche College, of which Schmidt-Grépály is the managing director. So far, various workshops for schoolchildren and discussion events or lectures have been held in this context. a. organized by and with Ryosuke Ohashi , Raymond Geuss , Francois Kervégan , Michael Quante and Klaus Vieweg . Since Schmidt-Grépály has no longer been head of the Friedrich Nietzsche College since February 2018, but has officially retired, he is increasingly dedicating himself to this project and cooperating on it, among other things. a. with IG Metall .

Others

Before the 2014 state elections in Thuringia, Schmidt-Grépály publicly stood up for Bodo Ramelow ( Die Linke ).

Schmidt-Grépály is also the editor of the series of writings from the Friedrich Nietzsche College , which consists of 18 books and was published by VDG Weimar & Bauhaus-Universitätsverlag.

Publications (selection)

  • Review of: Hubbeling, HG: Spinoza. In: The argument. 22nd year. Supplement 80. Journal of Philosophy and Social Sciences. Edited by Frigga Haug and Wolfgang Fritz Haug. Argument Verlag, Berlin 1980.
  • Ernst Bloch's Nietzsche essay from 1906. In: Bloch-Almanach 3 ed. Ernst Bloch Archive of the Ludwigshafen City Library, Talheim Verlag, Ludwigshafen 1983, pp. 69–80.
  • In search of the human. In: Ernst Fehler, Mazzino Montinari, Wolfgang Müller-Lauter, Heinz Wenzel (ed.): Nietzsche studies. International yearbook for Nietzsche research. Vol. 13, DeGruyter, Berlin / New York 1984, pp. 129-155.
  • Nietzsche's Drossbach reading . In: Ernst Fehler, Mazzino Montinari, Wolfgang Müller-Lauter, Heinz Wenzel (ed.): Nietzsche studies. International yearbook for Nietzsche research. Vol. 17, DeGruyter, Berlin / New York 1988, pp. 465-477.
  • Some premises of Nietzsche research. In: Domenico Losurdo, Hans Jörg Sandkühler (Ed.): Philosophy as a defense of the whole of reason . Pahl-Rugenstein, Cologne 1988, pp. 263-269.
  • A text without end for the thinker. Studies on Nietzsche. 2. to four studies exp. In: Athenäums monographs / philosophy. Vol. 260. Athenäum Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 3-610-09241-6 .
  • To the utopia of repetition. In: Rüdiger Schmidt and Bettina Wahrig-Schmidt (eds.): Philosophical pocket calendar. Yearbook on the dispute between the faculties. Luciferverlag, Lübeck 1991, pp. 279-286.
  • Rüdiger Schmidt and Bettina Wahrig-Schmidt (eds.): Philosophical pocket calendar. Yearbook on the dispute between the faculties. Luciferverlag, Lübeck 1991.
  • Review. In: Karl Jaspers lectures on questions of time . Documentation December 1992. Oldenburg 1992.
  • Together with Bettina Wahrig-Schmidt: Foreword. In: Philosophical pocket calendar. Yearbook on the dispute between the faculties. Volume 2. Luciferverlag, Lübeck 1993, pp. 5-7.
  • Rüdiger Schmidt and Bettina Wahrig-Schmidt (eds.): The thinking of pictures. Philosophical pocket calendar. Yearbook on the dispute between the faculties. Volume 2. Luciferverlag, Lübeck 1993.
  • "On the ships, you philosophers". Nietzsche in Weimar. In: Kunstfest Weimar. A new time supplement. Neue Zeit , Frankfurt a. M. 1993.
  • Editorial preliminary note . In: Rüdiger Schmidt (ed.): Friedrich Nietzsche: Works and letters. Historical-critical complete edition. Works. dtv, Munich 1994. [Reprint of the Munich 1933-1940 edition (cited as BAW)]
  • Rüdiger Schmidt (ed.): Friedrich Nietzsche: Works and letters. Historical-critical complete edition. Works. dtv, Munich 1994. [Reprint of the Munich 1933-1940 edition (cited as BAW)]
  • Rüdiger Schmidt and Andreas Schirmer (eds.): Discover and betray. On the life and work of Friedrich Nietzsche. Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1999.
  • The Nietzsche Archive today - a workshop for free spirits. A conversation with Rüdiger Schmidt, head of the Weimar Nietzsche College. In: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (ed.): Dtv Nietzsche-Magazin , dtv, Munich 1999.
  • Rüdiger Schmidt and Andreas Schirmer (eds.): Contradictions. To the early Nietzsche reception. Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 2000.
  • Nietzsche for beginners: Ecce homo. An introduction to reading by Rüdiger Schmidt and Cord Spreckelsen. dtv, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-423-30734-X .
  • Zarathustra's ways. Text accompanying: Friedrich Nietzsche: Thus spoke Zarathustra. Read by Peter Wapenski. The Hörverlag, Munich 2000.
  • : Nietzsche. Text - context. Edited by Djavid Salehi et al. Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály. Publishing house of the Bauhaus University, Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-86068-134-6 .
  • On the 100th anniversary of Friedrich Nietzsche's death. In: Thuringian museum books. Edited by Museumsverband Thüringen vV, 9th year, 2000, 2nd issue, p. 93ff.
  • Nietzsche think. In: Weimar culture journal. Volume 9, No. 10, Weimar 2000, p. 2.
  • Nietzsche for beginners: Thus spoke Zarathustra. An introduction to reading by Rüdiger Schmidt and Cord Spreckelsen. 8th edition. dtv, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-423-30124-4 (first published in 2000, translations into Italian and Korean)
  • Nietzsche in exile. Transitions into present thinking. Edited by Steffen Dietzsch u. Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály. Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 2001, ISBN 3-7400-1157-2 .
  • Nietzsche's labyrinths. Leitmotifs of his thinking. (Together with Éva Grépály). In: Gerhard Schweppenhäuser , Jörg H. Gleiter (Hrsg.): Nietzsche's labyrinths. Perspectives on aesthetics, ethics and cultural philosophy. Philosophical Discourses 4. Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar 2001.
  • The betrayed thoughts / How Nietzsche was first falsified and then reconstructed. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. November 24, 2001.
  • Friedrich Nietzsche: Typewriter Texts. Full edition. Facsimiles and critical commentary. Edited from the estate by Stephan Günzel and Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály. Publishing house of the Bauhaus University, Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-86068-396-9 .
  • Nietzsche in Christianity. Theological perspectives after Nietzsche's proclamation of the death of God. Edited by Daniel Mourkojannis u. Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály. Schwabe, Basel 2004, ISBN 3-7965-1922-9 . (Series: Contributions to Friedrich Nietzsche )
  • Introductory text with Cord Spreckelsen to the audio book Nietzsche for beginners: So spoke Zarathustra. read by Martin Umbach. Complete Media Verlag, Grünwald 2008.
  • On Nietzsche's balcony. Philosophical contributions from the Villa Silberblick. Edited by Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály. Bauhaus University, Weimar 2009, ISBN 978-3-86068-395-8 . (Series: Writings from the Friedrich Nietzsche College )
  • Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály (Ed.): Friedrich Nietzsche: Learn to read me well! -. LSD, Göttingen 2012.
  • Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály (Ed.): On the return of the author. Conversations about the work of Friedrich Nietzsche. With Peter Sloterdijk , Renate Reschke and Bazon Brock . LSD, Göttingen 2012.
  • Nietzsche's Nietzsche. Final works. Edited by Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály. LSD, Göttingen 2013. (announced)

literature

  • The curiosity of the lucky one. A commemorative publication for the founder of the Friedrich Nietzsche College. With contributions by Ágnes Heller, Gianni Vattimo, Peter Sloterdijk u. a. Edited by Bert-Christoph Streckhardt. Weimar 2012. ISBN 978-3-86068-474-0
  • "The lucky ones are curious" - Friedrich Nietzsche College for ten years. Edited by Julia Wagner u. Stefan Wilke. Weimar 2009. ISBN 978-3-86068-397-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Friedrich Nietzsche College. to: Klassik-stiftung.de
  2. ↑ Dissertation: A text without end for the thinker. 1st edition. 1982, 2nd, exp. Edition 1989, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN 3-610-09241-6 .
  3. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt-Grépály: »The sealed look. To the photographs of Jean Baudrillard «. on the website of the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe.
  4. ↑ Cf. u. a .: Page no longer available , search in web archives: on: hr-online.de@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hr-online.de
  5. ↑ Naumburg celebrates Friedrich Nietzsche: Why I am a fate. on: berliner-zeitung.de , August 17, 2000.
  6. ^ Nietzsche archive. to: Klassik-stiftung.de
  7. ↑ See: Rolf Wiggershaus: The Nietzsche Archive Today - A Workshop for Free Spirits. A conversation with Rüdiger Schmidt, head of the Weimar Nietzsche College. In: dtv Nietzsche magazine. ed. v. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1999, p. 44f.
  8. ↑ Gelebter Nietzsche in Weimar ... In: Julia Wagner, Stefan Wikle (ed.): The lucky ones are curious. Ten years at the Friedrich Nietzsche College. Weimar 2009, p 16ff (. Online ( Memento of the original August 21, 2014 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested Please review the original and archive link under. Instructions and then remove this notice. On logeion.net ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.logeion.net
  9. ↑ Kolleg Friedrich Nietzsche: Weimar's First Place of Diversity 2010. ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2014 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. on: stadt.weimar.de January 21, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / stadt.weimar.de
  10. ↑ http://www.zukunftdermoderne.de/. Retrieved October 16, 2018 .
  11. ↑ http://www.zukunftdermoderne.de/. Retrieved October 16, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Visionary thinking space: Great ambitions for a philosophical plant from Weimar . In: Thuringian General . ( thueringer-allgemeine.de [accessed on October 16, 2018]).
  13. ^ Arts + science weimar: Writings from the Friedrich Nietzsche college arts + science weimar. In: www.vdg-weimar.de. Retrieved November 10, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt-Grépály, Rüdiger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Oldesloe , Schleswig-Holstein