Phenomenological Reviews

Series | Book

141882

Gerda Walther's phenomenology of sociality, psychology, and religion

edited byAntonio Calcagno(King's University College, Western University)

Abstract

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.

Details | Table of Contents

Gerda Walther

searching for the sense of things, following the traces of lived experiences

Maria Pia Pellegrino

pp.11-24

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97592-4_2

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Dordrecht

Year: 2018

Pages: 172

Series: Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences

Series volume: 2

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97592-4

ISBN (paperback): 9783319975917

ISBN (digital): 9783319975924

Full citation:

Calcagno Antonio (2018) Gerda Walther's phenomenology of sociality, psychology, and religion. Dordrecht, Springer.