Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan ( born February 8, 1819 in Insterburg in East Prussia, † June 25, 1904 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German writer and politician.
Life
As the son of the pastor Karl August Friedrich Jordan Jordan visited the school Gumbinnen and high school in Tilsit. From 1838 he studied theology at the Albertus University of Königsberg and became a member of the Corps Littuania. Among his fellow students were the liberals Gottschall and Ferdinand Gregorovius. The tribute ceremony for the Prussian royal couple Jordan and Gregorovius wore the welcome poems on behalf of the student body.
From Feuerbach and Hegel thrilled he gave up the preacher profession and joined the philosophy and the natural sciences. When Franz Liszt honorary doctorate he continued the astonished composer on a cap with golden Albertus and made him a flower German Poetry:
The disciples themselves of Kant and Hegel Erwärmtest you to lights glow. They decorated the city on the Pregel Your head with a mortarboard.
After his PhD. at the Albertus University of Königsberg (1842 ) he went to Berlin, to operate as a writer. In 1843 he was expelled because of anti-Christian - liberal writings from the city and moved to Leipzig. 1845/46 he published the magazine The nascent world. Because of political activities in 1846 Jordan expelled from Leipzig and went to Bremen. Here he worked for Bremer newspaper and was at times as their correspondent in Berlin and Paris.
From May 18 1848 to May 20, 1849 was the regarded as liberal, Jordan MP for Freiwalde in the Frankfurt National Assembly, which he described as "the great university of his life ." There he joined Henry of Gagern and represented the call for a greater German empire under Prussian leadership. For this reason he spoke out in a speech on July 24, 1848 against the restoration of an independent Polish nation state and against the support of the Polish struggle for freedom from. In this context, he pleaded for the " superiority of the German tribe against most Slavic tribes " for a " healthy national egoism ", ie a partition of Poland, a fast to the keywords that have become term, which found an adversary in Robert Blum, but in Polish nationalism a reaction formation in the form of " national egoism " learned and politically the most lasting was expressed in Roman Dmowski.
In addition, Jordan Marinerat was in the realm of Trade and dealt with the construction of an imperial fleet. After his retirement, he undertook numerous lecture tours, among other things, to be Nibelungenlied to make it popular. One of them led him in 1871 in the United States.
Jordan was a member of the Free German Bishopric.
He is patron saint of Jordan Street in Frankfurt -Bockenheim. On his 80th birthday his hometown Insterburg made him an honorary citizen.
Work
His literary work is rooted in historicism of the 19th century. Philosophical and scientific thoughts dominate the poems, plays and novels. His main work is considered to be Nibelungen epic, which is written in alliterative verse. He used the Old Norse saga and the Hildebrandslied as main sources, however, attempt to undergo the action of a time-related psychological interpretation.
In the 19th century it has been widely used as a " forerunner of Nietzsche and the forerunner of Darwin in Germany " (quote by René Simon Dove, see below ) refers. Today, his work has been forgotten, with two exceptions: his mystery Demiurge and his Edda translation is still used today for the compassionate language and epic depth.
His epic work Demiurge can not, as is commonly claimed, be considered to be " first serious biography of Max Stirner". It is more of a literary drawing and not a biographical account of the life of Max Stirner, especially since this is mentioned only in one chapter and not in the whole "mystery".
He has deep Impressive Prints Ludwig Klages and his school friend Theodor Lessing.
Works
- Earthly fantasies ( poems, 1842)
- Foam ( poems, 1846)
- Demiurge ( Mystery, 1852)
- The widow of Agis ( Drama, 1857)
- Die Nibelungen ( Epic, 1867)
- Through the ear ( comedy, 1870)
- Verses and bars ( poems, 1871)
- Artur Arden ( Drama, 1872)
- Hildebrandt's Homecoming ( Epic, 1874)
- Epic Letters (1876 )
- Devotions ( poems, 1877)
- His twin brother ( comedy, 1883)
- Exchange disappointed ( comedy, 1884)
- The Sebald: A Novel from the presence of (novel, 2 volumes, 1885)
- Two cradles (novel, 1887)
- Feli Dora ( Versnovelle, 1889)
- Edda translation (1889 ) ( reissue Arun -Verlag, Engerda 2002, ISBN 3-935581-03-3 )
- German bats ( poems, 1891)
- The love deniers ( comedy, 1892)
- Love what you love are allowed ( comedy, 1892)
- Last Songs ( poems, 1892)
- Demiurge. A mystery. Sixth Book ( 1854). Leipzig 1999. Stirneriana Issue 16 ISBN 3-933287-29-4