Wilhelm Schmid (philosopher)

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Wilhelm Schmid (born April 26, 1953 in Billenhausen / Bavarian Swabia ) is a German philosopher who specializes in the philosophy of the art of living .

Live and act

Schmid is the son of a farmer and has five siblings. After an apprenticeship as a typesetter and four years in the armed forces, Schmid made up his Abitur in 1980 at the Bayernkolleg Augsburg . In Augsburg he joined the artist group “Der Kreis”, founded in 1969, whose spiritus rectus was the graphic artist, printer and writer Michael Tonfeld. From 1977 to 1980 he was chairman of the Augsburg Young Democrats (FDP). In 1980 he began studying philosophy and history at the Free University of Berlin , the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Tübingen , which he completed in 1991 with a doctoral thesis on Michel Foucault . In Berlin he was a co-founder of the philosophical discussion group "Momo", which has existed since then.

Schmid took on teaching positions at the University of Leipzig (1990–1991), the Technical University of Berlin (1991–1992), the Erfurt University of Education (1993–1999) and the University of Jena (1999–2000). In 1997, he completed his habilitation in Erfurt with his thesis “Foundation for a Philosophy of the Art of Living”. In 2004 he was appointed adjunct professor at the University of Erfurt, where he taught until the age limit. He was visiting professor ( DAAD - short-term lectureships ) at the University of Riga / Latvia and at the State University of Tbilisi / Georgia . From 1998 to 2007 he worked regularly as a “philosophical pastor” at the Affoltern am Albis Hospital (near Zurich ). His books had a total print run of around 1.5 million copies by 2018 and have been translated into numerous languages.

Schmid's focus is the philosophy of the art of living, in this context he deals with the human search for meaning and various topics such as happiness and unhappiness, love, serenity. He gives international lectures and was a guest on the radio or gave lectures there for example on SRF , SWR2 , BR and Deutschlandfunk .

Schmid lives in Berlin, is second married and has four children.

Honors

Quotes

  • “The reflective art of living begins with the self- care that may initially be of a fearful nature, but under philosophical guidance it becomes a wise, forward-looking care that relates the self not only to itself, but also to others and society. " ( Foundation , 1998, p. 51)
  • “The greatest possible control of the self over himself and his life in the sense of self-power ( autarky ), and the necessary work of the self to change and consolidate himself ( asceticism ) represent the cynical element of the reflected art of living and lead to the modern Thoughts of autonomy . " ( Grundlage , 1998, p. 51f)

Publications (selection)

  • The birth of philosophy in the garden of earthly delights. Michel Foucault's Archeology of Platonic Eros . Athenaeum, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-610-09200-9 . New edition: Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-518-39715-X .
  • Ways to Edgar Degas. Published by WS, Matthes & Seitz, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-88221-236-5 .
  • Looking for a new way of life. The question of the reason and the new justification of ethics in Foucault . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-518-58082-5 . New edition: Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-518-29087-8 .
  • Thinking and Existence with Michel Foucault. Published by WS, Edition Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-518-11657-6 .
  • After postmodernism. Edited by Andreas Steffens, Christine Pries and WS, Bollmann, Düsseldorf 1992, ISBN 3-927901-21-0 .
  • What do we have to do with Germany? An essay. Edition Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-518-11882-X .
  • Philosophy of the art of living. A foundation . Suhrkamp-TB Wissenschaft 1385, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-518-28985-3 .
  • Beautiful life? Introduction to the art of living. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-518-41207-8 . New edition: Suhrkamp Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 978-3-518-45664-4 . New edition 2017, ISBN 978-3-518-46796-1 .
  • with Volker Caysa : Reinhold Messner's philosophy. Make sense in a world without sense . Edition Suhrkamp, ​​Volume 2242, Frankfurt am Main 2002. 3rd edition 2005, ISBN 978-3-518-12242-6 .
  • Be friends with yourself. From the art of living in dealing with yourself . In: Library of the Art of Living. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 978-3-518-41656-3 . New edition: Suhrkamp Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-518-45882-2 .
  • Life and the art of living at the beginning of the 21st century. Fink, Paderborn, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-7705-3955-0 .
  • The art of balance. 100 facets of the art of living . Insel-Taschenbuch 3120, Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 978-3-458-34820-7 .
  • The fullness of life. 100 fragments of happiness . Insel-Taschenbuch 3199, Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 978-3-458-34899-3 .
  • Luck. Everything you need to know about it and why it isn't the most important thing in life . Insel, Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 3-458-17373-0 .
  • Ecological art of living. What each individual can do for life on the planet. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-518-46034-4 .
  • Reinvent love. About the art of living in dealing with others . Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-518-42203-8 .
  • Love. Why it is so difficult and how it still works . Insel, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-458-17520-9 .
  • To be unhappy. An encouragement . Insel, Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-458-17559-9 .
  • Giving meaning to life. About the art of living in dealing with others and the world . Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-518-42373-8 . New edition: Suhrkamp Taschenbuch, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-518-46570-7 .
  • Serenity. What we gain when we get older . Insel, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-458-17600-8 .
  • The happiness of friendship. Insel, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-458-20505-0
  • Sexout. And the art of starting over . Insel, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-458-17646-6 .
  • On the benefit of enmity. Insel, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-458-20509-8 (IB 2509).
  • Understand life. From the experiences of a philosophical pastor . Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-518-42569-5 .
  • Of the joys of parents and grandparents. Insel, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-458-20513-5 (IB 2513).
  • About giving and receiving presents. Insel, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-458-20517-3 .
  • Self-friendship. How life gets easier. Insel, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-458-17750-0 .
  • From the power of touch. Insel, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-458-20522-7 .

literature

  • Volker Caysa: Current German-language concepts of a philosophy of the art of living . In: Information Philosophy , Claudia Moser, Lörrach December 2000.
  • Christoph Hübenthal : Eudaimonism, The Art of Living Model. In: Marcus Düwell et al. (Ed.): Handbuch Ethik , Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, pp. 90–92 ISBN 3-476-01749-4 .
  • Elke Schmitter: Exploring the pain . In: Der Spiegel, 17/2004, pp. 177–179.
  • Wolfgang Kersting, Claus Langbehn (ed.): Critique of the art of living . Suhrkamp-TB Wissenschaft 1815, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-518-29415-4 .
  • Ferdinand Fellmann : Philosophy of the Art of Living as an introduction . Junius, Hamburg 2009.
  • Michael Höffner: The “Philosophy of the Art of Living” and the dilemma of freedom, in: the other, calling in the field of tension between freedom and necessity (Studies on Systematic and Spiritual Theology, Vol. 47). Würzburg 2009. pp. 95ff.
  • Peter Lückemeier: The deep love for every single word . A visit to Wilhelm Schmid. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung from August 30, 2015, p. 11.
  • Julia Witt: Claiming the right to be unhappy - Wilhelm Schmid and Aldous Huxley's concept of happiness . In: Journal for Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics, Vol. 38 (2016), Issue 1, pp. 51–62.
  • Gerhard Ernst (Hrsg.): Philosophy as the art of living. Ancient models, modern perspectives , Suhrkamp TB Wissenschaft 2195, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-518-29795-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SZ, 12./13. July 2014, p. 10.
  2. ↑ a b c d Wilhelm Schmid - Suhrkamp Insel Authors Author details. Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
  3. ^ "Personally" from Basel. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, November 21, 2010, accessed on December 17, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
  4. ↑ Magdalena Hangarter: Pfullendorf: What does happiness actually mean? Philosopher Wilhelm Schmid speaks in the Christ Church about meaning, chance and melancholy. June 27, 2019, accessed December 17, 2019 .
  5. ^ Mathias Schreiber, Susanne Weingarten: SPIEGEL TALK: "Death makes life clearer" . In: Spiegel Online . tape 52 , December 20, 2008 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 17, 2019]).
  6. ^ Wilhelm Schmid - Suhrkamp Insel Authors Author details. Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
  7. ^ "Personally" from Basel. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, November 21, 2010, accessed on December 17, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
  8. ↑ SWR2 Knowledge - Aula: Work on oneself and the world | Knowledge | SWR2. November 8, 2006, accessed December 17, 2019 .
  9. ↑ October 29, 2014: Philosophy of the Art of Living | Manuscripts | Bavaria 2 | Radio | BR.de. December 3, 2014, accessed December 17, 2019 .
  10. ^ Philosopher Wilhelm Schmid - "Happiness is just a word". Accessed December 17, 2019 (German).
  11. ↑ Schmid in an interview: A new love concept , welt.de, article from January 9, 2011.
  12. ↑ Bad Hindelang under the sign of philosophy: Prof. Wilhelm Schmid receives the "Meckatzer Philosophy Prize". Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Wilhelm Schmid receives the Dr. Margrit Egnér Foundation 2013 , suhrkamp.de, notification from November 14, 2013.
  14. ↑ Those who are calm become even calmer here in FAZ of May 15, 2013, page 26
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher, representative of the philosophy of the art of living
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Billenhausen , Bavarian Swabia, Federal Republic of Germany