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Holderlin's Naturalism: Nature and Human Agency After Kant
Holderlin's Naturalism: Nature and Human Agency After Kant
Holderlin's Naturalism: Nature and Human Agency After Kant

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 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202103034
ISBN  
9798286441778
DDC  
830
저자명  
Pal, Saurabh Saurendra.
서명/저자  
Holderlins Naturalism: Nature and Human Agency After Kant
발행사항  
[Sl] : Yale University, 2025
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
형태사항  
251 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-12, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Campe, Rudiger.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 2025.
초록/해제  
요약This dissertation focuses on Friedrich Holderlin's engagement with human self-relating to the natural world in the wake of Kantian rethinking of the human being as a normative subject. While it has often been noted that following the Pantheism controversy of the 1780s, a generation of poets and thinkers looked towards Spinozistic monism to overcome the dualisms and limitations of Kant's Copernican revolution, the relevance of this development to moral concerns has received less consideration. This study proposes that the recurrent theme of "unification with nature" in Holderlin's literary and theoretical writings signifies a yearning for moral community¬-rather than metaphysical union-with the natural world. This preoccupation represents not a rejection of Kantian moral self-understanding, but its development. It argues that Holderlin acknowledged the significance of autonomy with respect to nature as the guiding principle of human action, but also drew attention to its status as a contingent ideal ultimately unsuitable for a life lived in the natural world, leading to sorrow and alienation from one's natural environment. This is possible because for Holderlin our interpretation of human agency as autonomy from nature is a result of our standpoint of first personal reflection. To this he opposes the standpoint of the whole ("unendlichen Gesichtspunkt"), from which human life appears as a self-conscious part of nature. The first chapter shows how the Thalia fragment of Hyperion challenges the Kantian picture of human agency as founded in autonomy from nature. It suggests that Hyperion's existential sorrow in the fragment is due to a self-conception of separation from nature which is revealed as an interpretation rather than a description of human agency. Hyperion's beloved Melite points him towards an alternative self-understanding that is not sorrowful but acknowledges and rejoices in one's undeniable connection to the natural world. The second chapter shows that the question of the meaning of human existence reappears in the Hyperion novel as a question of the telos or the end of one's deeply felt self-relation to the natural environment. Two possible answers to this question drives its dynamic. On the one hand, one is too aware of the singularity of human existence in which alone one's relation to the natural world can be freed from the bonds of impelling necessity. This awareness leads to a desire to endow the higher human existence in the world with shape and permanence. Hyperion, propelled by his love of the natural world, harbours the heroic aspiration of founding a new socio-political order where one's free self-relation to nature would at the same time serve as the principle of association. But Hyperion aims to achieve this by means of a heroic deed that would immortalize him and thereby become the beginning of a new political order. To this is opposed Diotima's vision of a socio-political order that does not aim to be the perfection of the natural world, but is a celebration in choral song and dance of the procession of nature that is already perfected. In Diotima's vision Hyperion figures not as a hero who beyond the bounds of nature gains immortality, but a public poet and teacher of the people as a priest of nature. The third chapter then discusses how poetry can bring about a transformation of the poet's and the audience's inner life through an engagement with Holderlin's poetological essay Wenn der Dichter einmal des Geistes machtig.... The chapter argues that the unity of a truly unified poetic work for Holderlin requires that a poet overcome his or her subjective standpoint and attain to a non-finite standpoint of unity with natural world. But such transcendence does not entail a negation of individuality. Rather, the poem is the product of the poet's free and individual self-relation to an outer sphere from such a non-finite standpoint. Chapter four discusses modern tragedy as a post-Kantian genre in relation with Holderlin's tragic theoretical text Grund zum Empedokles. It shows how Holderlin saw in tragedy the possibility of a reconciliation of human beings in their social self-understanding and the natural world. The path to such a reconciliation runs through a series of oppositions between relatively purposive human action and relatively counterpurposive nature. The chapter lays out these oppositions between human action and nature with reference to Kant's third Critique. The fifth chapter then explains more concretely how the poet philosopher Empedocles' freely chosen sacrificial death brings about such an reconciliation.
일반주제명  
German literature
일반주제명  
Philosophy
일반주제명  
Epistemology
일반주제명  
Comparative literature
키워드  
Agency
키워드  
Holderlin, Friedrich
키워드  
Hyperion
키워드  
Nature
키워드  
Tragedy
기타저자  
Yale University Germanic Languages and Literatures
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-12A.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
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■520    ▼aThis  dissertation  focuses  on  Friedrich  Holderlin's  engagement  with  human  self-relating  to  the  natural  world  in  the  wake  of  Kantian  rethinking  of  the  human  being  as  a  normative  subject.  While  it  has  often  been  noted  that  following  the  Pantheism  controversy  of  the  1780s,  a  generation  of  poets  and  thinkers  looked  towards  Spinozistic  monism  to  overcome  the  dualisms  and  limitations  of  Kant's  Copernican  revolution,  the  relevance  of  this  development  to  moral  concerns  has  received  less  consideration.  This  study  proposes  that  the  recurrent  theme  of  "unification  with  nature"  in  Holderlin's  literary  and  theoretical  writings  signifies  a  yearning  for  moral  community¬-rather  than  metaphysical  union-with  the  natural  world.  This  preoccupation  represents  not  a  rejection  of  Kantian  moral  self-understanding,  but  its  development.  It  argues  that  Holderlin  acknowledged  the  significance  of  autonomy  with  respect  to  nature  as  the  guiding  principle  of  human  action,  but  also  drew  attention  to  its  status  as  a  contingent  ideal  ultimately  unsuitable  for  a  life  lived  in  the  natural  world,  leading  to  sorrow  and  alienation  from  one's  natural  environment.  This  is  possible  because  for  Holderlin  our  interpretation  of  human  agency  as  autonomy  from  nature  is  a  result  of  our  standpoint  of  first  personal  reflection.  To  this  he  opposes  the  standpoint  of  the  whole  ("unendlichen  Gesichtspunkt"),  from  which  human  life  appears  as  a  self-conscious  part  of  nature.  The  first  chapter  shows  how  the  Thalia  fragment  of  Hyperion  challenges  the  Kantian  picture  of  human  agency  as  founded  in  autonomy  from  nature.  It  suggests  that  Hyperion's  existential  sorrow  in  the  fragment  is  due  to  a  self-conception  of  separation  from  nature  which  is  revealed  as  an  interpretation  rather  than  a  description  of  human  agency.  Hyperion's  beloved  Melite  points  him  towards  an  alternative  self-understanding  that  is  not  sorrowful  but  acknowledges  and  rejoices  in  one's  undeniable  connection  to  the  natural  world.  The  second  chapter  shows  that  the  question  of  the  meaning  of  human  existence  reappears  in  the  Hyperion  novel  as  a  question  of  the  telos  or  the  end  of  one's  deeply  felt  self-relation  to  the  natural  environment.  Two  possible  answers  to  this  question  drives  its  dynamic.  On  the  one  hand,  one  is  too  aware  of  the  singularity  of  human  existence  in  which  alone  one's  relation  to  the  natural  world  can  be  freed  from  the  bonds  of  impelling  necessity.  This  awareness  leads  to  a  desire  to  endow  the  higher  human  existence  in  the  world  with  shape  and  permanence.  Hyperion,  propelled  by  his  love  of  the  natural  world,  harbours  the  heroic  aspiration  of  founding  a  new  socio-political  order  where  one's  free  self-relation  to  nature  would  at  the  same  time  serve  as  the  principle  of  association.  But  Hyperion  aims  to  achieve  this  by  means  of  a  heroic  deed  that  would  immortalize  him  and  thereby  become  the  beginning  of  a  new  political  order.  To  this  is  opposed  Diotima's  vision  of  a  socio-political  order  that  does  not  aim  to  be  the  perfection  of  the  natural  world,  but  is  a  celebration  in  choral  song  and  dance  of  the  procession  of  nature  that  is  already  perfected.  In  Diotima's  vision  Hyperion  figures  not  as  a  hero  who  beyond  the  bounds  of  nature  gains  immortality,  but  a  public  poet  and  teacher  of  the  people  as  a  priest  of  nature.  The  third  chapter  then  discusses  how  poetry  can  bring  about  a  transformation  of  the  poet's  and  the  audience's  inner  life  through  an  engagement  with  Holderlin's  poetological  essay  Wenn  der  Dichter  einmal  des  Geistes  machtig....  The  chapter  argues  that  the  unity  of  a  truly  unified  poetic  work  for  Holderlin  requires  that  a  poet  overcome  his  or  her  subjective  standpoint  and  attain  to  a  non-finite  standpoint  of  unity  with  natural  world.  But  such  transcendence  does  not  entail  a  negation  of  individuality.  Rather,  the  poem  is  the  product  of  the  poet's  free  and  individual  self-relation  to  an  outer  sphere  from  such  a  non-finite  standpoint.  Chapter  four  discusses  modern  tragedy  as  a  post-Kantian  genre  in  relation  with  Holderlin's  tragic  theoretical  text  Grund  zum  Empedokles.  It  shows  how  Holderlin  saw  in  tragedy  the  possibility  of  a  reconciliation  of  human  beings  in  their  social  self-understanding  and  the  natural  world.  The  path  to  such  a  reconciliation  runs  through  a  series  of  oppositions  between  relatively  purposive  human  action  and  relatively  counterpurposive  nature.  The  chapter  lays  out  these  oppositions  between  human  action  and  nature  with  reference  to  Kant's  third  Critique.  The  fifth  chapter  then  explains  more  concretely  how  the  poet  philosopher  Empedocles'  freely  chosen  sacrificial  death  brings  about  such  an  reconciliation.
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