Arnór Hannibalsson Explained
| Arnór Hannibalsson |
| Birth Date: | 1934 3, df=yes |
| Nationality: | Icelandic |
| Occupation: | Philosopher, historian |
Arnór Hannibalsson (1934 – 28 December 2012) was an Icelandic philosopher, historian, and translator. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland. He completed a master's degree in philosophy at the University of Moscow and a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
He was predominantly concerned with aesthetics, philosophy, history and epistemology.[1] In 1975 he translated Roman Ingarden's On the Motives which led Husserl to Transcendental Idealism from Polish.[2] He also contributed to journals with articles such as "Icelandic Historical Science in the Postwar Period, 1944-1957".[3]
Arnór had strong anti-Communist views and was said to have been "extremely critical of the Icelandic Socialists" in his 1999/2000 book Moskvulínan: Kommúnistaflokkur Íslands og Komintern, Halldór Laxness og Sovétríkin.[4]
He was the son of Hannibal Valdimarsson, a former minister, and had several sons and one daughter, Thora Arnorsdottir.[5]
He died on 28 December 2012.[6]
Main publications
- 1978 Rökfræðileg aðferðafræði (Logical Methodology)
- 1979 Siðfræði vísinda (Ethics of Science)
- 1985 Heimspeki félagsvísinda (Philosophy of Society)
- 1985 Um rætur þekkingar (The Roots of Knowledge)
- 1987 Fagurfræði (Aesthetics)
- 1987 Söguspeki (History Wisdom)
- 1999 Moskvulínan: Kommúnistaflokkur Íslands og Komintern, Halldór Laxness og Sovétríkin (Moscow Line: The Communist Party of Iceland and the Comintern, Halldór Laxness and the Soviet Union)
Notes and References
- Epistemology without a Vicious Circle. Hannibalsson. Arnór. 167–180. Phenomenology and Media. 2010. 10.7761/9789731997780_11. 978-973-1997-77-3. 1 June 2019.
- Book: Loscerbo, John. Being and Technology: A Study in the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger. 1981. Springer. 978-90-247-2411-6. 285.
- Book: Current digest of the Soviet press. 1958. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.
- Book: Olesen, Thorsten B.. The Cold War and the Nordic countries: historiography at a crossroads. 2004. University Press of Southern Denmark. 978-87-7838-857-5. 91.
- Web site: Arnór Hannibalsson. Morgunblaðið. 24 March 2014. 1 June 2019.
- Web site: Iceland's former foreign minister and Lithuania's honorary consul Arnor Hannibalsson passes away. 15 min. 2 January 2013. 1 June 2019.
