Book contents
- Ibsen in Context
- Ibsen in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Notes on the text
- Chronology
- Part I Life and Career
- Part II Culture and Society
- Chapter 4 Genres
- Chapter 5 Realism
- Chapter 6 Theatre
- Chapter 7 Visual Arts
- Chapter 8 Music
- Chapter 9 Philosophy
- Chapter 10 Science
- Chapter 11 Feminism
- Chapter 12 Capitalism
- Part III Scandinavian Reception
- Part IV Internationalization
- Part V Afterlives
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 9 - Philosophy
from Part II - Culture and Society
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 April 2021
- Ibsen in Context
- Ibsen in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Notes on the text
- Chronology
- Part I Life and Career
- Part II Culture and Society
- Chapter 4 Genres
- Chapter 5 Realism
- Chapter 6 Theatre
- Chapter 7 Visual Arts
- Chapter 8 Music
- Chapter 9 Philosophy
- Chapter 10 Science
- Chapter 11 Feminism
- Chapter 12 Capitalism
- Part III Scandinavian Reception
- Part IV Internationalization
- Part V Afterlives
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
In nineteenth-century Scandinavia, philosophy was not merely an academic matter. Beyond a relatively small group of philosophy professors at the universities in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, philosophical ideas saturated culture more broadly, including the theatre. Thus, the philosophical context of Ibsen’s drama must be understood historically and contextually. Of particular importance – albeit often overlooked in the scholarly literature – is modern philosophy of drama as it develops in the works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Johann Gottfried Herder and the Sturm und Drang movement. Later, we see an interest in romantic philosophy, the works of Germaine de Staël and the idealist position of G.W.F. Hegel. Towards the end of the century, the ideas of Søren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche featured centrally in Ibsen’s intellectual circles.
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- Ibsen in Context , pp. 74 - 81Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021