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This book is the first to offer a full account of the philosophical work of Else Voigtländer. Locating the sources of her thought in the philosophy and psychology of the nineteenth and twentieth19th and 20th centuries in figures such as Nietzsche and Lipps, the volume book uncovers and examines Voigtländer's intellectual exchanges with both phenomenology and psychoanalysis. The major themes within her work are considered in 12 expertly written chapters that also cover more recent developments in the philosophy of self, emotion, and sociality. The book appeals to scholars who are interested in the history of philosophy, and in particular of phenomenology, as well as those working on the philosophical roots of psychology and in women's studies.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Else Voigtländer on sexual difference - an early 20th century gender-theory? (Gahlings).- Chapter 2. Voigtländer on Feeling and Life-Affirmation (Gjesdal).- Chapter 3 Else Voigtländer's Politics: From German Nationalism to National Socialism (Heffernann).- Chapter 4. Else Voigtländer and her time with Psychoanalysis (Huppke).- Chapter 5. Mask and Authenticity: Critical Self-Relations in Else Voigtländer and Martin Heidegger (Landweer).- Chapter 6. Else Voigtländer and Gerda Walther on the relation between Body and Core of Personality (Mühl).- Chapter 7. Selbstgefühl and Einfühlung in the Munich Circle. Reflections on the relationship between Voigtländer and Daubert (Parker).- Chapter 8. Self-conscious emotions: their causes, forms, and kinds (Salice).- Chapter 9. The Experience of Nature according to Else Voigtländer (Schloßberger). Chapter 10. Lipps and Voigtländer on Feelings of Self-Worth: Existential Feeling and the Value of Oneself (Schmidt).- Chapter 11. Voigtländer on Nationalism and Antagoistic Political Emotions (Szanto).- Chapter 12. Voigtländer and Pfänder on Sentiments (Uemura). Chapter 13. On the Phenomenology of Vital Feelings (Ferran).- Chapter 14. Erotic Love and Value of Loved (Yaegashi).
About the author
Íngrid Vendrell Ferran is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Marburg. She has published extensively on early phenomenology and its relevance for today's philosophy of emotion, empathy, and sociality. Her research is in the areas of philosophy of mind, epistemology, and aesthetics. She is the author of two books, Die Emotionen. Gefühle in der realistischen Phänomenologie (2008) and Die Vielfalt der Erkenntnis (2018). Her academic papers have been published in Review of Philosophy and Psychology, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, and Human Studies.
