Jean Wahl

Jean Wahl was a French philosopher, university teacher, philosophy historian and poet (1888–1974). He was born at Paris and died at 9th arrondissement of Paris.

Jean Wahl in brief

Born
1888
Died
1974
Known for
philosopher, university teacher, philosophy historian and poet
Place of birth
Paris
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Formation and teaching

Jean Wahl studied at École Normale Supérieure, Faculty of Arts of Paris and Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He trained under Henri Bergson.

As a teacher, Jean Wahl is recorded in connection with Cornelius Castoriadis. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Career and activity

Jean Wahl worked in philosophy, history of philosophy, literature and educational system.

He was employed by Mount Holyoke College and Faculty of Arts of Paris. Recorded position is chairperson.

Catalogued works

21 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1826 to 2017.

Kierkegaardian Studies. Traité de Métaphysique. Idea of the Instant in Descartes's Philosophy. Etudes Kierkegaardiennes. Philosophies of Existence. The Pluralist Philosophies Of England And America. Cours sur l'athéisme éclairé de Dom Deschamps. Introduction à la pensée de Heidegger, dated 1998. Human Existence and Transcendence. Transcendence and the Concrete. Les Exportations françaises et leur financement. Le pétrole vert français. Introduccion a la Filosofia The Philosophers Way Breviarios. Humanistas De Mesoamrica. El Ser La Existencia Y La Realidad. Short History of Existentialism, dated 1949. Tableau de la philosophie française, dated 1969. Tableau de la philosophie francaise, dated 1962. Untitled, plate VII from The Mirrored Couple, dated 1961, lithograph in red on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1963.1716. Transcendence and the Concrete : Selected Writings / Jean Wahl, Alan D. Schrift, Alan D. Schrift, Ian Alexander Moore., dated 2017, held by Wellcome Collection. Dissertatio medico-chirurgica inauguralis de vulneribus abdominis penetrantibus / [Jean François Verbrugghen]., dated 1826, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

XVII. Jean Wahl, El peligro de la libertad intelectual, 1952. Chapter 3. Ineffable Metaphysics: Jean Wahl, Toward Metaphysics. Autour de Jean Wahl, RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA, 2015. Autour de Jean Wahl: textes, traces, témoignages, RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA, 2011. 9 Jean Wahl, Deleuze's Philosophical Lineage II, 2019. Hegel e sua influência no Século XX: Alguns destaques, Polymatheia, 2022. Responsible Subjects, Diakrisis, 2018. Jean Wahl and Karl Jaspers on Descartes and Kierkegaard: An Epistolary Exchange, Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, 2021. “Não se pode falar de Nietzsche, sem relacioná-lo claramente à atualidade”: O Nietzsche “francês” nas páginas da Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung”, Cadernos de Filosofia Alemã, 2010. Notas bibliográficas, Ideas y Valores, 1954. Wallace Stevens, technic, and the ethics of the imagination, Inscriptions, 2021. Lettre de Jean Wahl à Martin Heidegger, Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, 2021. William Blake and F.M. Dostoevsky: a History of Comparison, Достоевский и мировая культура: Филологический журнал, 2020.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1159255571). Those registers additionally record the form Wahl Harris, Jean.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

American Government (2013) — Internet Archive. Political Science101: Introduction To American Politics (2015) — Internet Archive. A Short History Of Existentialism (1949) — Internet Archive. Wahl Jean, La Lógica De Hegel Como Fenomenología (1973) — Internet Archive. Acéphale (2005) — Internet Archive. THE PHILOSOPHER'S WAY (1948) — Internet Archive. introduction a la filosofia (1948) — Internet Archive. The Pluralist Philosophies of England and America (1925) — Internet Archive. Kierkegaard vivo. Coloquio organizado por la Unesco en París, del 21 al 23 de abril de 1964 (1968) — Internet Archive. The Philosophers Way (1948) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 22 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Jean Wahl studied at École Normale Supérieure, Faculty of Arts of Paris and Lycée Louis-le-Grand. training under Henri Bergson is recorded. Cornelius Castoriadis is recorded as having studied under Jean Wahl. the recorded working language is French.

The field of work recorded is philosophy, history of philosophy and literature.

Employment is recorded with Mount Holyoke College and Faculty of Arts of Paris. Positions recorded include chairperson.

Distinctions recorded are Bordin Prize and Grand Prix littéraire de la Ville de Paris.

Chronology

  1. 1888Jean Wahl born at Paris.
  2. 1948THE PHILOSOPHER'S WAY digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1949A Short History Of Existentialism digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1973Wahl Jean, La Lógica De Hegel Como Fenomenología digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1974Jean Wahl died at 9th arrondissement of Paris.
  6. 2005Acéphale digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 2013American Government digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 2015Political Science101: Introduction To American Politics digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    9 Jean Wahl, Deleuze's Philosophical Lineage II, 2019

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Autour de Jean Wahl, RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA, 2015

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Chapter 3. Ineffable Metaphysics: Jean Wahl, Toward Metaphysics

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Jean Wahl (Internet Archive), 19 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  5. 5.

    XVII. Jean Wahl, El peligro de la libertad intelectual, 1952

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 19 articles naming Jean Wahl.

    open access index · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1159255571, Harris, Jean Wahl.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 16 digitised items catalogued under Jean Wahl as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Jean Wahl.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming Jean Wahl.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q573120: Jean Wahl

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  12. 12.

    “Jean Wahl”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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