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Beiträge zu einer „Philosophie des Unsagbaren“

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The second volume of the series “Vorlesungen zur philosophischen Psychologie von Kunst,” entitled “Irrtümer im Sprechen – Beiträge zu einer Philosophie des Unsagbaren,” by Wiebrecht Ries and Hinderk M. Emrich explores the complex relationship between language, reality, and human self-experience. The central question concerns the extent to which language can communicate psychological experiences, existential truths, and aspects of reality that resist verbal expression. Through philosophical and literary analyses of Friedrich Nietzsche, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Franz Kafka, Ingeborg Bachmann, and Imre Kertész, the authors examine linguistic crises, problems of identity, and the limitations of conceptual understanding. Particular attention is devoted to Nietzsche’s aesthetic metaphysics, Hofmannsthal’s skepticism toward language, and Kafka’s portrayal of internal conflicts and existential alienation. Further discussions address trauma, memory, self-identity, and the relationship between psychological experience and linguistic expression. Combining philosophical hermeneutics, literary interpretation, and psychological perspectives, the volume demonstrates how poetic language can transcend conventional conceptual frameworks and provide alternative approaches to understanding subjective experience, human existence, and the limits of expression.