Overview
- Explores the philosophical writings of Gerda Walther
- Contains English translations Gerda Walther’s key writings
- Demonstrates the significant contribution of women to the early phenomenological movement
Part of the book series: Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences (WHPS, volume 2)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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The Life and Work of Gerda Walther
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Social Ontology and the Self
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About this book
This book explores the philosophical writings of Gerda Walther (1897–1977). It features essays that
recover large parts of Walther’s oeuvre in order to show her contribution to phenomenology
and philosophy. In addition, the volume contains an English translation of part of her
major work on mysticism.
The essays consider the interdisciplinary implications of Gerda Walther’s ideas. A student
of Edmund Husserl, Edith Stein, and Alexander Pfänder, she wrote
foundational studies on the ego, community, mysticism and religion, and consciousness.
Her discussions of empathy, identification, the ego and ego-consciousness,
alterity, God, mysticism, sensation, intentionality, sociality, politics, and woman are
relevant not only to phenomenology and philosophy but also to scholars of religion, women’s
and gender studies, sociology, political science, and psychology.
Gerda Walther was one of the important figures of the early phenomenological
movement. However, as a woman, she could not habilitate at a German
university and was, therefore, denied a position. Her complete works have yet to be
published. This ground-breaking volume not only helps readers discover a vital voice but it
also demonstrates the significant contributions of women to early phenomenological thinking.Reviews
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gerda Walther’s Phenomenology of Sociality, Psychology, and Religion
Editors: Antonio Calcagno
Series Title: Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97592-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97591-7Published: 03 November 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07378-7Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97592-4Published: 24 October 2018
Series ISSN: 2523-8760
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8779
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 171
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Phenomenology, History of Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion