Tarmo Kunnas

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Tarmo Kunnas, May 2016 in Freiburg im Breisgau

Tarmo Ossi Tapani Kunnas (born October 16, 1942 in Tampere ) is a Finnish literary scholar , essayist and philosophical writer . He is best known for his works, published in several languages, which analyze the attitudes of European intellectuals towards fascism and National Socialism from a historical and philosophical point of view.

academic career

Kunnas was a DAAD scholarship holder in Marburg an der Lahn from 1969–1970 , an Alexander von Humboldt scholarship holder in Munich in 1981 and in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1984. In between he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at Yale University in 1974 , and he briefly studied in Moscow. From 1974 to 1985 Kunnas was an associate professor at the University of Helsinki , later a full professor at the University of Jyväskylä from 1985 to 2009. After that, he retired, and is still partly teaching. Kunnas was visiting professor at the Georg-August University of Göttingen in 1984 and from 1974–1977 and 1997–1999 at the University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle).

further activities

Tarmo Kunnas has directed several cultural festivals in Finland and has been active in the field of Finnish-French cultural relations. From 1990 to 1995 he was the first director of the Finnish Institute ( Institut finlandais ) in Paris. Among other things, he worked for the Finnish radio and was a columnist for many newspapers, including the Helsingin Sanomat . In Finland he is best known as a specialist in German and French culture and he has dealt extensively with European culture in his writings. Tarmo Kunnas has published books on Nietzsche's philosophy , but also on Knut Hamsun , and wrote about Martin Heidegger in 2016 . There are also essay books on morality, evil, the concept of love and the concept of home, as well as the relationship between politics and literature.

Publications

  • Drieu La Rochelle, Celine, Brasillach et la tentation fasciste. (PhD dissertation at the University of Helsinki). Les sept couleurs, Paris 1972.
  • The development of humanism in Heinrich Mann. Finnish Science Academy, Helsinki 1973, ISBN 951-41-0097-2 .
  • Nietzsche ou l'esprit de contradiction: Etude sur la vision du monde du poète-philosophe. Nouvelles Editions Latines, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-7233-0089-7 .
  • Nietzsche - Zarathustran varjo. (Eng. Nietzsche - the shadow of Zarathustra ). Otava, Helsinki 1981, ISBN 951-1-06129-1 .
  • Politics as prostitution of the mind. A study of the political in Nietzsche. Edition Wissenschaft & Literatur, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-922804-03-9 .
  • Nietzsche's laugh. A study of the comic in Nietzsche. Edition Wissenschaft & Literatur, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-922804-02-0 .
  • & Kalervo Hovi & Tuula Koskenniemi. Ranska. Suurvallasta Euroopan rakentajaksi. (German France. From a great power to the construction of Europe ). Painatuskeskus, Helsinki 1993, ISBN 951-37-0952-3 .
  • Suomi Ranskassa. Mitä Suomi voi oppia Ranskan kokemuksista. (German Finland in the perspective of EU membership using the example of France ). Elinkeinoelämän valtuuskunta, Helsinki 1994, ISBN 951-9042-45-8 .
  • Euroopan sydämeen. Artikkeleita ja kolumneja 80-ja 90-luvulta. (German. Into the heart of Europe. Essays from the 80s and 90s ). 1996, ISBN 952-90-7782-3 .
  • Elämäniloa Pariisissa. (German joie de vivre in Paris ). WSOY, Helsinki 2001, ISBN 951-0-25652-8 .
  • Mitä jäljellä moraalista. (dt .: What is left of morality for us ). Kirjapaja, Helsinki 2002, ISBN 951-625-885-9 .
  • À la recherche du grotesque. (Sous la direction de Tarmo Kunnas. Textes réunits par Paul Gorceix.) Paris: Eurédit, 2003. ISBN 978-2-84830-002-3 .
  • Knut Hamsun. Modernisti ja anarkisti. (German modernist and anarchist ). Minerva, Jyväskylä 2004, ISBN 952-5478-74-2 .
  • Rakkaus. (Eng. About love ). Kirjapaja, Helsinki 2005, ISBN 951-607-159-7 .
  • Paha. Mitä kirjallisuus ja taide kertovat pahuuden olemuksesta. (dt. Evil. What do literature and art tell of the essence of evil ). Atena, Jyväskylä 2008, ISBN 978-951-796-518-7 .
  • The adventure of Knut Hamsun. Nouvelles Editions Latines, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-7233-9598-4 .
  • Fasismin lumous. Euroopalainen älymystö Mussolinin yes Hitlerin politiikan tukijana. (Eng. The mirage of fascism. The European intellectual as a support for Mussolini and Hitler ). Atena, Jyväskylä 2013, ISBN 978-951-796-933-8 .
  • Hyvää kotiseutua etsimässä. Eurooppalainen matkakirja. (German. In search of a good home. European travel book ). Nemokustannus, Helsinki 2016, ISBN 978-952-240-324-7 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jukka Koskelainen: Fasismin piti elvyttää Euroopan väsähtänyt kulttuuri. In: Helsingin Sanomat . (hs.fi). October 6, 2013, accessed July 19, 2016 (Finnish).
personal data
SURNAME Kunnas, Tarmo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kunnas, Tarmo Ossi Tapani (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish literary scholar, essayist and philosophical writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Tampere , Finland