Manfred Frank

Manfred Frank
Born (1945-03-22) 22 March 1945 (age 81)
Elberfeld, Germany
Education
EducationUniversity of Heidelberg (PhD, 1971)
ThesisDas Problem "Zeit" in der deutschen Romantik: Zeitbewußtsein und Bewußtsein von Zeitlichkeit in der frühromantischen Philosophie und in Tiecks Dichtung (1971)
Dieter Henrich
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Continental philosophy
Heidelberg School [de]
InstitutionsUniversity of Düsseldorf
University of Geneva
University of Tübingen
Main interests
Philosophy of subjectivity and self-consciousness, history of philosophy, philosophy of literature
Notable ideas
Criticism of poststructuralism

Manfred Frank (born March 22, 1945) is a German philosopher who is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Tübingen.

Life and work

Frank was born in Elberfeld, Germany, and studied philosophy at the University of Heidelberg under teachers such as Hans-Georg Gadamer, Karl Löwith, Ernst Tugendhat, and Dieter Henrich.[citation needed] After teaching at the University of Düsseldorf from 1971 to 1982, and at the University of Geneva from 1982 to 1987, Frank accepted a position at Tübingen in 1987. He is a specialist in the philosophy of literature.

Frank's work focuses on German idealism, romanticism, and the concepts of subjectivity and self-consciousness. His 950-page study of German romanticism, Unendliche Annäherung, has been described as "the most comprehensive and thoroughgoing study of early German romanticism" and "surely one of the most important books from the post-War period on the history of German philosophy." He has also written at length on analytic philosophy and recent French philosophy.

Selected works

Books

In English

  • Frank, Manfred (2012-02-01). The Philosophical Foundations of Early German Romanticism. Translated by Millán-Zaibert, Elizabeth. State University of New York Press. doi:10.2307/jj.18253912. ISBN 978-0-7914-8580-4. (This is a translation of the last 12 lectures from "Unendliche Annäherung". Die Anfänge der philosophischen Frühromantik. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp, 1997.)
  • Frank, Manfred (1997). The Subject and the Text: Essays on Literary Theory and Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-56121-1.
  • Frank, Manfred (1989). What is neostructuralism?. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-1599-5 – via Internet Archive.

In German

  • Das Problem "Zeit" in der deutschen Romantik; Zeitbewusstsein und Bewusstsein von Zeitlichkeit in der frühromantischen Philosophie und in Tiecks Dichtung. Paderborn: Winkler Verlag, 1972, 1990. ISBN 978-3-538-07804-8
  • Einführung in die frühromantische Ästhetik. Vorlesungen. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp, 1989.
  • Selbstbewußtsein und Selbsterkenntnis: Essays zur analytischen Philosophie der Subjektivität. Stuttgart: Reclam, 1991.
  • "Unendliche Annäherung". Die Anfänge der philosophischen Frühromantik. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp, 1997.
  • Auswege aus dem deutschen Idealismus. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp, 2007.
  • Die Unhintergehbarkeit von Individualität. Reflexionen über Subjekt, Person und Individuum aus Anlaß ihrer "postmodernen" Toterklärung. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp, 1986. ISBN 978-3-518-11377-6

In French

In Italian

  • Natura e Spirito – Lezioni sulla filosofia di Schelling, a cura di Emilio Carlo Corriero, Torino, Rosenberg & Sellier, 2010.

Articles

  • "The World as Will and Representation: Deleuze's and Guattari's Critique of Capitalism as Schizo-Analysis and Schizo-Discourse". Telos 57 (Fall 1983). New York: Telos Press.
  • Manfred, Frank. "Non-objectal Subjectivity". ingentaconnect.com. Archived from the original on 2024-09-11. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  • "Qu’est-ce qu’un texte littéraire et que signifie sa compréhension?", in Revue Internationale de Philosophie, vol. 41, nº 162/163 (3-4), « Philosophie de la Littérature », 1987, p. 378-397. Partial translation of an article originally published in German. (Read online).

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Frank, Manfred (1989). What Is Neostructuralism?. Translated by Wilke, Sabine; Gray, Richard T. University of Minnesota Press.
  2. ↑ "Prof. Dr. Dres. h. c. Manfred Frank | University of Tübingen". uni-tuebingen.de. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  3. ↑ "Manfred Frank". Oxford Reference.
  4. ↑ Fred Rush, "Review of The Philosophical Foundations of Early German Romanticism. Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine," Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 9 December 2004.

Further reading