English summary: The author Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788) from Konigsberg was a dialogical thinker. He was inspired and challenged in diverse ways by contemporary literature, but his thoughts were also an inspiration and a challenge to his dialogue partners. This is reflected particularly in his correspondence with Kant, Herder, Jacobi, Lavater, Claudius and others. Hamann and his correspondents struggled with fundamental questions of human existence between the poles of everyday experience and wisdom, sensuality and ...
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English summary: The author Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788) from Konigsberg was a dialogical thinker. He was inspired and challenged in diverse ways by contemporary literature, but his thoughts were also an inspiration and a challenge to his dialogue partners. This is reflected particularly in his correspondence with Kant, Herder, Jacobi, Lavater, Claudius and others. Hamann and his correspondents struggled with fundamental questions of human existence between the poles of everyday experience and wisdom, sensuality and reason. The contributions to this volume examine his correspondence from a literary, philosophical and theological perspective and offer insights not only to the work of Hamann, which is truly difficult to understand, but also to 18th-century epistolary culture. German description: Der Konigsberger Schriftsteller Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788) war ein dialogischer Denker. Er nahm vielfaltige Anregungen und Herausforderungen aus der zeitgenossischen Literatur auf, hat aber auch seinerseits anregend und herausfordernd auf seine Gesprachspartner gewirkt. Das spiegelt sich insbesondere auch in seinem Briefwechsel, den er u.a. mit Kant, Herder, Jacobi, Lavater und Claudius gefuhrt hat. Mit ihnen ringt Hamann um Grundfragen menschlicher Existenz im Spannungsfeld von Alltagserfahrung und Weisheit, Sinnlichkeit und Verstand. Die hier versammelten Beitrage beleuchten Hamanns Briefwechsel aus literaturwissenschaftlicher, philosophischer und theologischer Perspektive und gewahren Einblicke nicht nur in das schwer verstandliche Werk Hamanns, sondern auch in die Briefkultur des 18. Jahrhunderts.
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