Schopenhauer Society

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The Schopenhauer Society is a literary and philosophical society based in Frankfurt am Main . It serves to research and present the life, work and impact of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860).

history

The society was founded in 1911 by Paul Deussen , philosopher, Indologist and editor of a Schopenhauer edition, Georg Grimm , Karl-Eugen Neumann and others in Kiel. It pursues three purposes: to offer the community of connoisseurs and followers of Schopenhauer's teaching an institutional forum, to build up an archive on Schopenhauer's life and work, and to publish a yearbook devoted to Schopenhauer and the philosophical questions he raised. The society already had several hundred members from all over the world, the number of which rose to more than 1000 at times in the 1980s. In setting up the archive, the Society has been cooperating closely with the Frankfurt University Library (as the successor institution of the Frankfurt City Library), in which the Schopenhauer Archive is now located, since 1921. The archive has extensive holdings on Schopenhauer, in particular a collection of portraits, manuscripts by Schopenhauer, documents on his life and items from his private life, books from his library with marginal glosses, important objects and documents from Schopenhauer's personal and intellectual environment, etc. (The majority of Schopenhauer's manuscripts on his works, and thus the core of his estate, lies in the Berlin State Library.) - The publication of the Schopenhauer yearbook, which has been published regularly since 1912 with only brief interruptions, is of great importance to society has appeared. After an initial phase of looking for orientation in terms of content, the yearbook has developed into a recognized compendium of above all a scientifically sound discussion and interpretation of Schopenhauer and his tradition of thought.

Due to the time, the Schopenhauer Society experienced very changeable periods, especially in the first decades of its existence. In 1920 the New German Schopenhauer Society split off as an offshoot of a folkish interpretation of Schopenhauer, but its activities faltered after a short time. In an internal conflict in the early 1920s, a more scientifically based orientation of society towards the amateur moment was enforced. At the end of the 1920s, the society organized three major international congresses: Europe and India (Dresden 1927), Philosophy and Religion (Frankfurt 1929), and Theory and Reality (Hamburg 1931). During the Nazi era, in view of the economic situation and general political pressure, she had to fight hard for her survival, but survived the period without having made unreasonable concessions to the regime. Since 1938, the society participated in the plans of the city of Frankfurt to set up a Schopenhauer Museum in the house where Schopenhauer died , but it did not come to fruition because of the war, which also resulted in the destruction of the Schopenhauer house . After the war, a continuous development set in, the main lines of which were further successful collecting activities for the Schopenhauer Archive, the publication of the yearbook, the organization of conferences, congresses, lectures, exhibitions and essay competitions (since 2003) as well as an extensive publication and Editing activities of the leading members of the society are. The Society has sections in North America, India, Brazil, Italy, Poland, Japan and otherwise.

The previous presidents:

literature

  • Andreas Hansert: Schopenhauer in the 20th century. History of the Schopenhauer Society. Böhlau-Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2010, ISBN 978-3-205-78589-7 .
  • Fabio Ciracì: In lotta per Schopenhauer. La “Schopenhauer Society” from ricerca filosofica e manipolazione ideologica 1911-1948. Lecce (Italia) 2011, ISBN 978-88-8232-838-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Old Buddhist community and Arthur Schopenhauer. Retrieved February 2, 2017 .