Arnold Metzger Explained

Arnold Metzger (24 February 1892 – 16 August 1974) was a German philosopher.

Life

Metzger was born in Landau. He was a student of Edmund Husserl. Having served in World War I, and been imprisoned in Siberia, he made his way back to Germany in 1919. On the way he participated in a soldiers' soviet in Brest-Litovsk.^[1]

Having left Nazi Germany, Metzger lived in the United States for 20 years. He returned, and took up a teaching position in Munich.^[2]

Metzger died in Bad Gastein, in 1974.

Works

• Phänomenologie und Metaphysik (1933),^[2] 2nd ed. Pfullingen 1966.
• Freiheit und Tod (1955), 2nd ed. 1972; English translation (selections) by Ralph Mannheim, 1972.^[3]
• Dämonie und Transzendenz, Pfullingen 1964.
• Phänomenologie der Revolution, posthumously 1979.^[4]

References

• Biography (in German) on Deutsche Biographie

Notes and References

1. Book: Gandt, François de. Husserl et Galilée: sur la crise des sciences européennes. 11 March 2018. 2004. Vrin. 9782711617289. 34. fr.
2. Book: Spiegelberg, E.. The Phenomenological Movement: A Historical Introduction. 11 March 2018. 2012-12-06. Springer Science & Business Media. 9789400974913. 249.
3. Book: Bruzina, Ronald. Edmund Husserl and Eugen Fink: Beginnings and Ends in Phenomenology, 1928?1938. 11 March 2018. 2008-10-01. Yale University Press. 9780300130157. 73 note 1.
4. Dikovich . Albert . 2017-12-20 . Arnold Metzger (1892 — 1974) . Internationales Jahrbuch für philosophische Anthropologie . de . 7 . 1 . 261–278 . 10.1515/jbpa-2017-0118 . 2192-4287.