Author Affiliations: Museum of East Asian Art in Cologne
關鍵詞
Schopenhauer; Eduard von der Heydt; Monte Verita; Buddhology
摘要
The paper traces the influence of Buddhist religion and philosophy mitigated through Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) on nineteenth and early twentieth century alternative thinking and new life concepts in Europe. Many German scholars were inspired through Schopenhauer to study Indian philosophy and literature, incorporating Buddhist concepts into Western thinking and translating the first Indian Buddhist texts into German, like those by Paul Deussen, Georg Grimm or Karl, Eigen Neumann. Schopenhauer and these early German Buddhologists had also a considerable impact on the collector and banker Eduard von der Heydt (1882–1964). Like many other intellectuals, artists or members of the bourgeoisie and upper middle classes, he was searching for a new and modern way of life. Taking Eduard von der Heydt as a case study, the paper will show how during the early twentieth century, Buddhist thinking initialized by Schopenhauer took root in Germany. It will also demonstrate how various life-reform movements and alternative ways of life superseded the conventional and restricted life-style of the nineteenth century and inspired von der Heydt to set up his life and art at his private Buddhist paradise on the Monte Verita in Switzerland.
目次
I. Arthur Schopenhauer’s Buddhist concepts and his influence on Eduard von der Heydt 161 II. Schopenhauer’s Buddhism and Eduard von der Heydt: Literary influences on collecting art and philosophical thinking 167 III. German Life-Reform movements and early Buddhists: Von der Heydt’s selection of an exhibition venue for his Buddhist collection 179
