Ernst Wiechert's poet's faith and art philosophy

Berger, Sebastian

Abstract

How can we recover from Christian-capitalist-rationalist metaphysics if it is understood as an expression of the suffering from fear? German novelist and concentration camp survivor Ernst Wiechert provides an answer. His philosophy of art proposes a healing recovery that alleviates suffering through a free heart and brave love, while eschewing “principles” and “systems”. He confesses his poet’s faith in “the whole” as dawning testimony from a fourth dimension that is a nameless dark God. Wiechert’s is a unique synthesis of ideas by Hölderlin, Nietzsche and Goethe, interpreting romantic Dionysian-pantheism in a post metaphysical way.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 18, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Jan 9, 2025
• Publication Date: Jan 9, 2025
• Deposit Date: Dec 19, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 10, 2025
• Journal: Eudia
• Electronic ISSN: 2281-9193
• Publisher: Eudia.org
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13536600
• Publisher URL: https://www.eudia.org/essay-ernst-wiecherts-poets-faith-and-art-philosophy/