A MODERNIST MYSTIC: PHILOSOPHICAL ESSENCE AND POETIC METHOD IN GERDA WALTHER (1897–1977)*
German Life and Letters April 1, 2020 Niamh Burns 1 citation
Abstract This article presents the work of the neglected philosopher and mystic Gerda Walther (1897–1977) as a work of modernist philosophy. It offers an analysis of Walther's two most important texts, Ein Beitrag zur Ontologie der sozialen Gemeinschaften (1922) and Zur Phänomenologie der Mystik (1923), written during Walther's involvement in the Freiburg and Munich circles of early...