We are glad to announce the 2nd event of the DFG research network on Classical German Anthropologies, which will take place in Heidelberg on November 23th and 24th 2023.
The workshop will explore the topic of “Anthropological Dimensions of Idealism“.
Please find the flyer with the program at this link.
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About the network:
The aim of this network is to collaboratively develop a new perspective on classical German philosophy. The basic idea is that the philosophy of Kant and post-Kantian authors is, among other things, profoundly inspired by ‘anthropology’, namely by reflections exploring the distinctly human point of view. Historically, the term “anthropology” (Anthropologie) gained unprecedented traction in Germany within the period between XVIII and XIX century. “Anthropologie” meant different things to different people: it referred to various competing approaches investigating human mindedness and cognition, which involved disciplines as diverse such as physiology, medicine, comparative anatomy and philosophy. However, the views –– and the controversies– developed in that context profoundly shaped the reflection of classical authors on key topics: body, mindedness, human capacities, natural constitutions and the place of the human being within nature.
In bringing together an international group of experts, this network seeks to jointly establish the research area of Classical German Anthropology and point out what we can learn from it for current debates on what it means to be a human being.
Contacts: classicalgermananthropologies@gmail.com
Website, info and mailing list: classicalgermananthropologies.com
Coordinators: Julia Peters (Heidelberg), Luca Corti (Padua), Johannes-Georg Schülein (Bochum)
Programme
2nd event of the DFG-Research Network “Classical German Anthropologies”
Anthropological dimensions of idealism
(Heidelberg, November 23th 24th 2023)
Day 1 (November 23th):
9.00-10.30 Fichteʼs Sittenlehre
(Intro: Julia Peters/Jelscha Schmid)
11:00-12.30 Fichteʼs Vocation of Man
(Intro: Karin Nisenbaum)
14.00-15.30 Schellingʼs Stuttgarter Privatvorlesungen
(Intro: Johannes Schülein/Anna-Lisa Sander)
16.00-17.30 Schellingʼs Freiheitsschrift
(Intro: Philipp Schwab)
18.15-19.45 Evening guest lecture
Fichte on the Murderer at the Door
(Karin Nisenbaum)
Day 2 (November 24th):
9:00-10.30 Schillerʼs Lectures on the aesthetic Education of Man
(Intro: Anne Pollok)
11:00-12.30 Anthropology and the Critique of Idealism in Feuerbach and Marx
(Intro: Christoph Schuringa)
14.00-15.30 General discussion
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