Vita

After his study of German philology, philosophy and comparative literature, PhD at the Ruhr University of Bochum in 1981 with the work Ein ungelehrtes Buch“. The philosophical community between Hölderlin and Hegel in Frankfurt in 1797-1800 (Bonn: Bouvier in 1983, 2nd ed. in 1988). Afterwards research assistant in the Hegel-Archive of the Ruhr University Bochum. 1989/90 Fellow-in-residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). Habilitation 1990 in Bochum with the work Gott an hat ein Gewand“. Borders and perspectives of philosophical myth theories of the present (Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp in 1990, 2nd ed. in 1999). From 1994-1997 chair of philosophy with special consideration of the German idealism at the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, since 1997 chair of philosophy at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg.

Research Interests

Main research interests: Philosophy of the Modern Era with a focus on German Idealism, Phenomenology and Hermeneutics, in this framework especially Heidegger, as well as other topics such as the philosophy of myth, representation and cultural studies.

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Briefwechsel 1957–1976
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Editor) , Kathrin Busch (Editor) , 2021 1 ed. Freiburg im Breisgau , 248 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBookResearch

  2. Die Rolle der Universität in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel
    Anna Alexandra Henkel (Editor) , Steffi Hobuß (Editor) , Christoph Jamme (✝) (Editor) , Ulf Wuggenig (Editor) , 2018 Berlin , 259 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Geist heute: Annäherungen an Traditionen der deutschen Philosophie
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Editor) , Erzsébet Rózsa (Editor) , Paul Cobben (Editor) , 2018 Paderborn , 147 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  4. Handbuch der Mythologie
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Editor) , Stefan Matuschek (Editor) , 2014 Darmstadt , 368 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Mythos als Aufklärung: Dichten und Denken um 1800
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Author) , 2013 München , 273 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

Journal contributions

  1. „Nur ins Dunkel ists ein Schritt“ Paul Celan und Friedrich Hölderlin
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Author) , 01.04.2020 , in: MLN - Modern Language Notes, 135, 3 , p. 620-634 , 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Heidegger reads Goethe. A polyphonic "Dialogue" (approx. 1910 to 1976)
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Author) , 01.01.2020 , in: Goethe Jahrbuch, 137 , p. 294-296 , 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  3. »ein Gespräch, an dem wir würgen«. Celan und Heidegger
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Author) , 01.01.2018 , in: Journal Phänomenologie, 49/2018 , p. 82-91 , 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Martin Heidegger's Reinvention 0f Phenomenology
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Author) , 01.01.2017 , in: Kronos: Philosophical Journal, 6 , p. 65-77 , 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  5. Die "Krise der Repräsentation" in der aktuellen Philosophie der Malerei
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Author) , 01.01.2013 , in: Philotheos, 13 , p. 207-218 , 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Recht und Kultur
    Christian Peter Welzel (Author) , Christoph Jamme (✝) (Author) , Susanne Angela Leeb (Contributor) , Ino Ausberg (Author) , Franz Reimer (Author) , 01.01.2022 Baden-Baden , p. 39-62 , 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  2. Love in Paramyth: On Rilke's Figuration of the Orpheus Myth
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Author) , 20.06.2019 1 ed. Oxford , p. 178-193 , 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesChapterResearchpeer-review

  3. Heideggers Zeitbegriff in<i> Sein und Zeit</i>
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Author) , 01.01.2019 1 ed. Hamburg , p. 289-297 , 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  4. Liebe zwischen Natur und Kultur
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Author) , 01.01.2019 Berlin , p. 189-193 , 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. Das Verschwinden der Moralphilosophie: Zum Verhältnis von subjektivem, objektivem und absolutem Geist in Hegels Rechtsphilosophie
    Christoph Jamme (✝) (Author) , 01.01.2018 1 ed. Leiden , p. 143-156 , 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

Press / Media

  1. Rezension zu Einsamkeit und Freiheit
    1 time cited

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  2. Zum Beispiel Hamlet
    1 time cited

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  3. Abitur - was nun?: Kulturwissenschaften als Studienfach
    1 time cited

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  4. Die Kunst und die Pflicht des Verstehens: der Philosoph Hans-Georg Gadamer ist im Alter von 102 Jahren gestorben
    1 Media contribution

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