School of Languages and Cultures

Dr Stephan Atzert

German Major Program Convenor
Senior Lecturer
School of Languages and Cultures
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Researcher biography

Dr Stephan Atzert is Senior Lecturer in German Studies in the School of Languages and Cultures. To date Dr Atzert has contributed two monographs to the study of the reception of Schopenhauer's philosophy. His first book Schopenhauer in the works of Thomas Bernhard. The critical appropriation of Schopenhauer's philosophy in Thomas Bernhard's late novels was published in German in 1999 (Rombach). Since then, Dr Atzert contributes to the international scholarship on Schopenhauer with journal articles and book chapters, with a focus on Schopenhauer's role in the development of psychoanalysis and for the understanding of Buddhism in Europe. His second monograph in German In Schopenhauer's Shadow (Königshausen & Neumann 2015, 209 pp) investigates the role of Schopenhauer's philosophy in the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, Paul Deussen and Sigmund Freud. At present (2019) he is developing a monograph on K.E. Neumann's reception of Schopenhauer in his translations of the Pali discourses into German.

Literary authors on which Dr Atzert possesses specialist expertise include Thomas Bernhard and Heiner Müller. Supervision interests other than those related to the areas of expertise referred to above include the work of Th. W. Adorno and the Frankfurt School, the German student movement and the Red Army Faction.

Featured projects Duration
Schopenhauer's Reception across the Humanities
The University of Queensland
 2003

Publications

Books (3)
Book Chapters (20)
Journal Articles (12)
Conference Papers (2)

Books

Stephan Atzert (original author), Christian Romuss (Translator) and Stephan Atzert (Translator) (2023). Schopenhauer’s Legacy: Nietzsche, Deussen, and Freud. Würzburg, Germany: Königshausen & Neumann.
Bhikkhu Akiñcano (original author) and Atzert, Stephan (trans.) (2022). Mit dem rechten Verstehen: Phänomenologische Erkundungen der Pāli-Suttas. Vollezele, Belgium: Path Press Publications.
Atzert, Stephan (2015). Im Schatten Schopenhauers: Nietzsche, Deussen und Freud. Wurzburg, Germany: Verlag Königshausen & Neumann.

Book Chapters

Atzert, Stephan (2024). Replacing pantheism: the principles behind the Principium Individuationis, the Pañcaupādānakkhandha, and the Paṭicca Samuppāda, with reference to Arthur Schopenhauer and K.E. Neumann. Panentheism in Indian and Western thought: cosmopolitan interventions. (pp. 138-162) edited by Benedikt Paul Göcke and Swami Medhananda. New York, NY USA: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003301431-7
Atzert, Stephan (2023). Introduction: Schopenhauer’s legacy. Schopenhauer’s legacy - Nietzsche, Deussen, and Freud. (pp. 13-20) Würzburg, Germany: Königshausen & Neumann.
Atzert, Stephan (2022). Maja and Nieban in The World as Will and Representation. Schopenhauer's 'The World as Will and Representation': A Critical Guide. (pp. 160-178) edited by Judith Norman and Alistair Welchman. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Atzert, Stephan (2020). Schopenhauers Atheismus und der Ausbruch aus dem Idealismus. Gotteshinterfragungen. Philosophische Beiträge zur Religionskritik.. (pp. 99-114) edited by Damir Smiljanic. Aschaffenburg, Germany: Alibri.
Atzert, Stephan (2020). Zu Eduard von Hartmanns Buddhismusbild. Das desillusionierte Bewusstsein. Eduard von Hartmanns Philosophie des Unbewussten im Spiegel ihrer Rezeption und Kritik. (pp. 77-91) edited by Damir Smiljanić and Winfried H. Müller-Seyfarth. Würzburg, Germany: Königshausen und Neumann.
Atzert, Stephan (2020). Schopenhauer and the unconscious. The Oxford Handbook of Schopenhauer. (pp. 497-516) edited by Robert L. Wicks. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190660055.013.29
Atzert, Stephan (2017). Philipp Mainlander zwischen Schopenhauers Nirvana und Freuds Todestrieb. Mainlander Global: Offenbacher Mainlander-Symposium 2016. (pp. 31-47) Wurzburg, Germany: Konigshausen & Neumann.
Atzert, Stephan (2017). On the “Philosophy of Saintliness”: K.E. Neumann’s German translations of the Buddha’s discourses and Schopenhauer’s philosophy. Schopenhauer on self, world and morality Vedantic and Non-Vedantic perspectives. (pp. 107-118) edited by Arati Barua. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5954-4_10
Atzert, Stephan (2014). Transscendente Spekulation uber die anscheinende Absichtlichkeit im Schicksal des Einzelnen. Schopenhauer - Handbuch. (pp. 137-139) edited by Daniel Schubbe and Matthias Kosler. Stuttgart, Germany: J.B. Metzler.
Atzert, Stephan (2013). Zur Rolle des Traums in Schopenhauers System. Was die Welt bewegt. Internationaler Kongress zum 150. Todestag Arthur Schopenhauers. (pp. 185-196) edited by Matthias Kossler and Dieter Birnbacher. Wuerzburg, Germany: Verlag Koenigshausen und Neumann.
Atzert, Stephan (2012). Leib und Willensbegrϋndung bei Schopenhauer. Philosophie des Leibes. (pp. 59-68) edited by Matthias Kossler and Michael Jeske. Würzburg, Germany: Königshausen & Neumann.
Atzert, Stephan (2012). Schopenhauer and Freud. A companion to Schopenhauer. (pp. 317-332) edited by Bart Vandenabeele. Malden, MA, United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444347579
Atzert, Stephan (2011). Musik und Freiheit vom Willen? Zum reinen Subjekt des Erkennens und der Empfindung beim Musikhoeren. Musik als Wille und Welt: Schopenhauers Philosophie der Musik. (pp. 51-60) edited by Matthias Kossler. Würzburg, Germany: Verlag Königshausen & Neumann.
Atzert, Stephan (2011). Schopenhauer and Freud. A Companion to Schopenhauer. (pp. 316-332) edited by Bart Vandenabeele. Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444347579.ch21
Atzert, Stephan (2009). >Velle non discitur< Bedingtes Handeln und Willensfreiheit bei Schopenhauer. Klassische Handlungstheorien, Jahrbuch der Internationalen Maurice Blondel-Forschungsstelle für Religionsphilosophie, Band 2. (pp. 243-254) edited by Michael Gerhard and Stephan Gratzel. London, United Kingdom: Turnshare.
Atzert, Stephan (2008). Zur Rolle der Koerperempfindungen fur Schopenhauers Willensbegriff und in den Lehrreden des Buddha. Schopenhauer und die Philosophien Asiens. (pp. 24-38) edited by Matthias Kossler. Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz Verlag.
Atzert, Stephan (2008). Elements of Schopenhauer's reception by Western Indologists and Comparativists. Schopenhauer and Indian Philosophy: A Dialogue between India and Germany. (pp. 81-91) edited by A. Barua. New Delhi: Northern Book Centre.
Atzert, Stephan (2007). Schopenhauer und seine Quellen: Zum Buddhismusbild in den frühen Asiatick Researches. Schopenhauer - Jahrbuch. (pp. 15-27) edited by M. Kossler and D. Birnbacher. Würzburg, Germany: Verlag Königshausen & Neumann.
Atzert, Stephan (2007). Metaphysik und Entfremdung: Zu drei Gedichten von Doris Runge. Das Innerste von Außen: Zur Deutschsprachigen Lyrik Des 21. Jahrhunderts. (pp. 157-166) edited by Gert Reifarth. Würzburg, Germany: Königshausen & Neumann.
Atzert, Stephan (2006). Nirvana und Maya bei Schopenhauer. Das Tier, das du jetzt toetest, bist du selbst . . .. (pp. 79-83) edited by J. Stollberg. Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann.

Journal Articles

Atzert, Stephen (2023). Bit i svrha karakterologije kod Ludwiga Klagesa i Juliusa Bahnsena. Synthesis Philosophica, 38 (1), 21-36. doi: 10.21464/sp38102
Atzert, Stephan (2017). Zum Verhältnis von Vorstellung und Traum. Univerzitet u Novom Sadu. Filozofski Fakultet. Godisnjak, 41 (2), 19-34. doi: 10.19090/gff.2016.2.19-34
Atzert, Stephan (2016). "Schopenhauer's encounter with Indian thought: representation and will and their Indian parallels" by Stephen Cross. Philosophy East and West, 66 (4), 1353-1357. doi: 10.1353/pew.2016.0097
Atzert, Stephan (2016). Zu Bernhard Schlinks Der Vorleser als Zerstorung von Erinnerung. Literatur für Leser, 16 (2), 109-121.
Atzert, Stephan (2016). Stephen Cross: Schopenhauer's encounter with Indian thought. Schopenhauer-Jahrbuch, 96, 171-175.
Atzert, Stephan (2016). Karl Dietrich Adam: Die Abstammung des Menschen. Schopenhauer als verkannter Wegbereiter Darwins. Schopenhauer-Jahrbuch, 96, 167-170.
Atzert, Stephan (2014). Zu The World as Will and Presentation, Volume 1 (Peason Longman 2008), dem ersten Band der Welt als Wille und Vorstellung in der englischen Uebersetzung von Richard E. Aquila und David Carus. Schopenhauer-Jahrbuch, 95, 197-198.
Atzert, Stephan (2007). Text als Imagepflege: Selbstbild, Anlehnung und Differenz bei Sigmund Freud. Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies, 43 (4), 508-516. doi: 10.3138/seminar.43.4.508
Atzert, Stephan (2006). Review of: "The veil of Maya": Schopenhauer's system and early Indian thought. Philosophy East & West, 56 (4), 675-678. doi: 10.1353/pew.2006.0048
Atzert, Stephan (2006). Von der Kunst als "Überlebenskunst" zur Kunst des Lebens: Über Thomas Bernhards Der Theatermacher und Alte Meister. Seminar: a Journal of Germanic Studies, 42 (2), 155-170. doi: 10.1353/smr.2006.0017
Atzert, Stephan (2005). Concepts of liberation: Schopenhauer between Freud, the Buddha and idealist aesthetics. Consciousness, Literature and the Arts, 6 (3), 1-17.
Atzert, Stephan (2005). Zwei Aufsätze über Leben und Tod: Sigmund Freuds Jenseits des Lustprinzips und Arthur Schopenhauers Transscendente Spekulation über die anscheinende Absichtlichkeit im Schicksal des Einzelnen. Schopenhauer-Jahrbuch, 86, 179-194.

Conference Papers

Atzert, Stephan (2004). The media, Peter Handke and the wars in Former Yugoslavia. Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for European History, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 7th - 11th July 2003. Unley, South Australia: Australian Humanities Press.
Atzert, Stephan (2003). Autobiographies of former GDR-writers: The Literary means of (Re)constructing a Personal Political History. 13th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association of European Historians: Writing Europe's Pasts, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 9-12 July, 2001. Unley, South Australia: Australian Humanities Press.

Areas of research

Studies in Culture