Romano Guardini ( Guardini, Italian. Romano Guardini ; February 17, 1885 , Verona - October 1, 1968 , Munich ) - German philosopher and Catholic theologian of Italian origin.
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| Date of Birth | February 17, 1885 |
| Place of Birth | Verona |
| Date of death | October 1, 1968 (83 years old) |
| Place of death | Munich |
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Biography
In 1886 the family moved to Mainz . He studied chemistry, then economics, chose theology. He studied theology in Freiburg . He became a priest in 1910 , defended his master's thesis in theology of Bonaventure ( 1915 ). The leader of the Catholic youth movement, an influential public and religious figure of the era. Private Associate Professor in Bonn ( 1921 ), an ordinary professor of philosophy of religion in Berlin ( 1923 ). He was removed from the Nazis from teaching, deprived of a professorship ( 1939 ). He returned to university in 1945 , taught in Tübingen ( 1946 ) and in Munich ( 1949 ), and retired in 1962 . Until the end of his days, he took an active part in the life of the church.
Creativity
He was influenced by phenomenological philosophy, hermeneutics ( Dilthey , Simmel , Husserl , Scheler ). The author of works on philosophical anthropology and philosophy of culture, relying on the artistic work of Dante , Hölderlin , Dostoevsky , Rilke . His writings influenced many religious leaders, including a group of Slovenian Christian socialists.
Selected Works
- On the spirit of the liturgy ( 1917 )
- Opposite. The Experience of Life-Concrete Philosophy ( 1925 )
- Kierkegaard's idea of absolute paradoxes ( 1929 )
- Man and faith. The study of religious existence in the great novels of Dostoevsky ( 1932 )
- Christian consciousness. The Study of Pascal ( 1935 )
- Angel in Dante's Divine Comedy ( 1937 )
- Peace and Face ( 1939 )
- To the interpretation of “existence” by Rainer Maria Rilke ( 1941 )
- The form and content of the landscape in the poetic work of Hölderlin ( 1946 )
- Freedom, Grace, Fate ( 1948 )
- The End of the New Age ( 1950 )
- Power ( 1951 )
- Caring for a Man ( 1962 )
Publications in Russian
- About the living God. Brussels: Life with God, 1962.
- The end of a new time // Questions of Philosophy, 1990, No. 4, p. 127-163
- The Savior in myth, revelation and politics // Philosophical Sciences, 1992, No. 2.
- Man and faith. Brussels: Life with God, 1994.
- Lord Brussels: Life with God, 1995.
- About the church. Christian Russia, 1995.
- The end of the New Time. An attempt to find their place // Self-consciousness of culture and art of the XX century. M .; SPb: University book; Cultural Initiative, 2000, p. 169-226.
- Man and faith. The study of religious existence in Dostoevsky’s great novels; The end of the New Time. An attempt to find their place / Translation from German T. Yu. Boroday. M .: RAS INION. Center for Humanitarian Scientific and Information Research, 2010.
- Hölderlin. A picture of the world and inspiration. St. Petersburg: Science, 2015.
Recognition
His books “On the Spirit of the Liturgy”, “Lord”, “The End of the New Time” were repeatedly reprinted in different languages. They were highly appreciated by Hannah Arendt , Flannery O'Connor . Guardini was awarded the Peace Prize of German booksellers ( 1952 ), the Erasmus Prize ( 1962 ).
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Literature
- Mahr G. Romano Guardini. Berlin: Colloquium-Verlag, 1976.
- Balthasar HU von. Romano Guardini: riforma dalle origini. Milano: Jaca Book, 2000
- Acquaviva M. Il concreto vivente: l'antropologia filosofica e religiosa di Romano Guardini. Roma: Città nuova, 2007