Metamorphosis, Personhood, and Power in Karoline von Günderrode

Ezekiel, Anna

doi:10.1080/10509585.2014.963847

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“…49 Christine Battersby (1995, 98-99; 2007, 120-121, 127) has argued that the spaces in "Once I Lived Sweet Life" relate as forms of (feminine) immanence and (masculine) transcendence, connected by a repeated back-and-forth movement between them. My interpretation builds on Battersby's but, as I argue elsewhere (Ezekiel 2014), I claim that Günderrode does not view these spaces as fundamentally separate: earthly life and spiritual life are both parts of a single shared world, making the movement between these spaces easy and natural, consistently with how the movement between life and death is depicted in, for example, "An Apocalyptic Fragment." 50 Günderrode (1990Günderrode ( -1991.…”

Section: Knowledge Consciousness and The Selfmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…In this letter, Günderrode introduces her general complaint about the inadequacy of knowledge with a specific complaint about her inability to know herself: "sometimes I have no opinion of myself at all, my self-observations are so fluctuating." 43 It is this kind of statement that has often led to claims that Günderrode's sense of self was unstable and pathological, but, as I argue elsewhere (Ezekiel 2016b), these statements in fact convey a general model of personal identity. In other words, Günderrode is not claiming that she herself has a particularly unstable sense of self, but that the self in general is by its nature unstable and changing.…”

Section: Knowledge Consciousness and The Selfmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In these claims, Günderrode follows other philosophers, especially Fichte. However, as I have argued in more detail elsewhere (Ezekiel 2016b;Ezekiel 2020), she differs from these in attempting to articulate a model of the self that does not have recourse to this substrate; that is, in other words, a model of the self that takes the radically changeable nature of human experience as the basis of notions of identity. 54 Lastly, I asked what Günderrode thinks the purpose of knowledge is, or what knowledge does for us.…”

Section: Everyday Knowledge Deeper Knowledge and Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Through Consciousness Parted from Dream: Alternative Knowledge Forms in Karoline von Günderrode

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Karoline von Günderrode's reputation as a mystical writer makes her a likely candidate as a proponent of a negative philosophy. However, the historical emphasis on Günderrode's mystical and lyrical writings reflects gender stereotypes about women's writing and ignores Günderrode's strengths as an epic and historical writer. It is therefore important to approach claims about Günderrode's supposed mysticism carefully. This paper is a preliminary attempt to investigate Günderrode's claims about knowledge, including knowledge of the absolute, asking: What does Günderrode think knowledge is? What does she think the purpose of knowledge is-i.e., what does she think knowledge gets us, or does for us? And how do her claims differ from those philosophers, such as Novalis, whose thinking on knowledge (including of the absolute) seems to resemble hers? I argue that Günderrode maintains that human beings can experience, or "know," a reality behind the discrete objects and events that comprise the world of appearances, and that she integrates this idea into a coherent worldview in a unique way. Specifically, I argue that Günderrode reconceptualizes the nature of death and selfhood in specific ways that allow her to make sense of the possibility of experiencing the true nature of the world behind the divisions that are characteristic of human knowledge and existence.

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Section: Knowledge Consciousness and The Selfmentioning

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Section: Knowledge Consciousness and The Selfmentioning

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“…Becker‐Cantarino, 2010; Ezekiel, 2020a; Figueira, 1989; Martinson, 2005), Kant (including a discussion of whether or not Kant directly influences her thought; cf. Raisbeck, 2019; Ezekiel, 2014), Hölderlin (cf. Albernaz, 2021; and from the fifties Howeg, 1952), Schelling (cf.…”

Section: Günderrode's Dialogue With Schleiermachermentioning

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Urgrund and access to the Urgrund in Karoline von Günderrode’s discussion with the thought of Friedrich Schleiermacher

Herrera

2023

European J of Philosophy

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Friedrich Schleiermacher is among the philosophers who influenced Karoline von Günderrode's thought. Although this influence is relevant, it has received little attention. Both authors agree on distinguishing “spirit” and “body” or “the inner and the outer” in similar terms. However, there was a significant difference between them. In Schleiermacher's works that Günderrode considered (On Religion and Soliloquies), he conceives of the relationship as one in which the world or outer depends on the spirit or inner. For Günderrode, this relationship is polar, as “spirit” and “world” form part of an original totality. This difference from the philosopher influences the issue that both raised of access to the “primordial ground.” For Schleiermacher, the world depends on spirit; the issue of access to that foundation is circumscribed to access to the spiritual dimension. In contrast, for Günderrode, “spirit” and “body” are poles of a previous original totality. Hence, access to the primordial ground does not coincide with the spirit's access to itself. Instead, access to unity is both spiritual and corporeal. Günderrode's differences from Schleiermacher are based on an argument we attempt to elucidate and evaluate in this article.

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“…11 'We are both [Friedrich Schlegel and A. W. Schlegel] inclined to put our hopes on women' (Letter 202g). 12 For a further perspective on agency in Günderrode's philosophy, see Ezekiel (2014). 13 On this, see Alison Stone's article published in this issue.…”

Section: Against the Ghetto: Rethinking The Institutions Of Philosophymentioning

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Philosophy and its Institutions: Politics at the Heart of the Canon

Valpione¹

2022

Hegel Bulletin

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This article highlights the importance of new research on women philosophers and addresses some methodological issues to be taken in consideration. The thesis presented here is that through this new line of research it is possible to analyse the close connection between philosophy, politics and institutions. The paper opens with a critique of the assumption that philosophy has until recently been the exclusive property of men, giving the example of some forgotten women philosophers who lived in Hegel's time. After considering the risk of ghettoization inherent in Women's Studies, the author closes by showing how the reconsideration of women philosophers can help to question the methodology and the status of philosophy in general, and in particular to question the philosophical canon. The text serves as an introduction to a special issue of the Hegel Bulletin dedicated to women philosophers in Hegel's time.

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Metamorphosis, Personhood, and Power in Karoline von Günderrode

Cited by 7 publications

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Through Consciousness Parted from Dream: Alternative Knowledge Forms in Karoline von Günderrode

Through Consciousness Parted from Dream: Alternative Knowledge Forms in Karoline von Günderrode

Urgrund and access to the Urgrund in Karoline von Günderrode’s discussion with the thought of Friedrich Schleiermacher

Philosophy and its Institutions: Politics at the Heart of the Canon

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