Rudolf Maria Holzapfel

Rudolf Maria Holzapfel ( born April 26, 1874 in Krakow, at that time belonging to Galicia as part of the Habsburg monarchy; † February 8, 1930 in Muri bei Bern ) was an Austrian psychologist and philosopher.

Life

Holzapfel grew up as the son of a physician and free thinker of Jewish descent in Krakow. After his early death, he had to emigrate with relatives in Cape Town. After working as a typesetter in London he traveled to Zurich, where he studied with Richard Avenarius until his death in 1896.

From 1898 to 1901 he wrote in Kherson, South Russia, a first version of its one major work Panideal. Then he continued his studies in Bern, where he received his doctorate from Ludwig Stein (1859-1930) in 1903. In the same year he married the Viennese sculptor Bettina Gomperzes. After traveling in France and Italy, the family lived 1908-1913 in Lower Austria. After the outbreak of the First World War, she moved permanently to Switzerland.

Built In his memory, the International Association panidealistische according to the plans of his widow Bettina Holzapfel - Gomperzes in the grove Mettlenhölzli in Muri bei Bern, a grave chapel.

He attempted a comprehensive belief, the so-called " Panidealismus " portray with his work. In his writings Holzapfel stressed the minting of man by his social environment, its him " surrounding community ", his involvement in the " inter-individual transport ".

Works

• Panideal. Psychology of the social feelings. With a foreword by Ernst Mach. Barth, Leipzig 1901 " New, very altered and expanded edition " as: Panideal. The soul life and social reorganization. 2 volumes, Diederichs, Jena 1923

• Re: major works. 2 volumes: Panideal and world experience. Newly published by the company for a total culture. Sauerland, Aarau 1983