In this episode, Jacinta Shrimpton speaks with Kristin Gjesdal, Professor of Philosophy at Temple University, about 19th century philosopher Germaine de Staël. We discuss Staël’s account of the passions, with a focused look at fanaticism and happiness, followed by a discussion of her abolitionism, and whether Staël could be classified as the first existentialist. The episode concludes with Gjesdal’s reflections on how to include Staël in history of philosophy courses, together with her advice to scholars (particularly early career scholars) who are interested in beginning to research understudied figures.
Bibliography Listed chronologically, by publishing date 1788 - Letters on the works and character of J.J. Rousseau 1795 – Essay on Fictions Three abolitionist novellas: 1) Mirza or letter from a traveller (written 9 years earlier) 2) Adelaide and Theodore 3) The story of Pauline 1796 - Treatise on the Influence of the Passions upon the Happiness of Individuals and of Nations 1800 – ‘On Women Writers’, a chapter from The Influence of Literature on Society 1807 – Corinne or Italy 1813 – Reflections on Suicide Other Works Mentioned Beauvoir, Simone de, Constance. Borde, and Sheila. Malovany-Chevallier. The Second Sex. 1st American ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Gjesdal, Kristin. “Germaine de Staël on Passions, Politics, and Fanaticism.” In Fanaticism and the History of Philosophy, 1st ed., 143–60. Routledge, 2024. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032128207-13. Ibsen, Henrik, and E. (Emanuel) Haldeman-Julius. A Doll’s House. 1st ed. Waiheke Island: The Floating Press, 1923. Jameson-Cemper, K, George Solovieff, and Anne Louise Germaine de Stael. “Letter to Jefferson.” Selected Correspondence. 368. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4283-0. Forthcoming Gjesdal, Kristin. Germaine de Staël (under contract with CUP) Gjesdal, Kristin. How to be a Self. Four Lessons from Germaine de Staël (under contract with OUP) Further Reading Gjesdal, Kristin. “When Henrik Ibsen put ‘philosophers in skirts’ into his plays, he demonstrated a different way of thinking about the world.” Psyche. Published 9 November 2022. https://psyche.co/ideas/why-did-ibsen-put-philosophers-in-skirts-up-on-the-stage Nassar, Dalia, and Kristin Gjesdal, eds. Women Philosophers in the Long Nineteenth Century : The German Tradition. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press, 2021. To listen to this episode, please visit our podcast page.
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Jacinta Shrimpton is a PhD student in Philosophy at the University of Sydney. She is co-producer of the ENN New Voices podcast Archives
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