Annemarie Gethmann-Siefert
Encyclopedia
Annemarie Gethmann-Siefert is a professor of philosophy
at the University of Hagen
, Germany
.
, art history
and theology
in Münster
, Bonn
, Innsbruck
and Bochum
. She earned her PhD in philosophy
1973 from the Ruhr University Bochum writing her dissertation about Heidegger and her habilitation
1982 about Hegel's Aesthetics
. She thought since 1991 at the Fernuniversität Hagen
.
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
at the University of Hagen
Hagen
Hagen is the 39th-largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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Biography
Gethmann-Siefert was born in 1945, studied philosophyPhilosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
, art history
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
and theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
in Münster
Münster
Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland...
, Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
and Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...
. She earned her PhD in philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
1973 from the Ruhr University Bochum writing her dissertation about Heidegger and her habilitation
Habilitation
Habilitation is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit in several European and Asian countries. Earned after obtaining a research doctorate, such as a PhD, habilitation requires the candidate to write a professorial thesis based on independent...
1982 about Hegel's Aesthetics
Lectures on Aesthetics
Lectures on Aesthetics is a compilation of notes from university lectures on aesthetics given by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel in Heidelberg in 1818 an in Berlin in 1820/21, 1823, 1826 and 1828/29...
. She thought since 1991 at the Fernuniversität Hagen
FernUniversität Hagen
The University of Hagen, is the largest and the only state-run distance teaching university in Germany. The Headquarters are located in Hagen, Germany....
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Research
- AestheticsAestheticsAesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
and Art Theory - Anthropology and Ethics
- Philosophy of Religion
- History of Philosophy
- Philosophy of German IdealismGerman idealismGerman idealism was a philosophical movement that emerged in Germany in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It developed out of the work of Immanuel Kant in the 1780s and 1790s, and was closely linked both with romanticism and the revolutionary politics of the Enlightenment...
Major works
- Das Verhältnis von Philosophie und Theologie im Denken Martin HeideggerMartin HeideggerMartin Heidegger was a German philosopher known for his existential and phenomenological explorations of the "question of Being."...
s. Freiburg/München 1975 - Die Funktion der Kunst in der Geschichte. Untersuchungen zu Hegels Ästhetik. Bonn 1984 (Hegel-Studien. Beiheft 25)
- Ist die Kunst tot und zu Ende? Überlegungen zu Hegels Ästhetik. Erlangen und Jena 1993 (Jenaer philosophische Vorträge und Studien. 7)
- Einführung in die philosophische Ästhetik. München 1995 (UTB 1995)
- Einführung in Hegels Ästhetik. München 2005 (UTB 2646) ISBN 3-8252-2646-8
Works in English
- Martin Heidegger and Theology. In: Being and Truth. Essays in Honour of John MacquarrieJohn MacquarrieJohn Macquarrie FBA TD was a Scottish theologian and philosopher, the author of Principles of Christian Theology and Jesus Christ in Modern Thought...
. Ed. by A. Kee and E. T. Long. London 1986, 18-42. - Heidegger and Hölderlin: The Over-Usage of "Poets in an Impoverished Time". In: Heidegger Studies(1990), 59-88.
- Consultation instead of prescription - a model for the structure of the doctor-patient relationship. In: Poiesis & Praxis. International Journal of Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment Nr 1. Vol. 2 (2003).