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Comprehensive List of Publications


Compiled by Leonard H. Ehrlich in 2009, edited and updated by Helmut Wautischer in October 2011.


Books

as Author

1. Karl Jaspers: Philosophy as Faith, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press 1975, xii & 289 pp.

2. Fraglichkeit der jüdischen Existenz. Philosophische Untersuchungen zum modernen Schicksal der Juden, Freiburg, Munich: Karl Alber Verlag 1993, 363 pp.

as Editor and/or Translator

3. Karl Jaspers: Basic Philosophical Writings, Selections, edited, translated, with introductions by L. H. Ehrlich, E. Ehrlich, G. B. Pepper, Athens, OH: Ohio University Press 1986, xiii & 556 p. Second improved edition, Amherst, NY: Humanity Books 1994.

4. Co-editor with Richard Wisser, Karl Jaspers Today: Philosophy at the Threshold of the Future, Lanham: University Press of America 1988, ix & 428 p.

5. Co-translator with Edith Ehrlich and Alexander Altmann, The Meaning of Jewish Existence. Theological Essays, 1930-1939, ed. Alfred L. Ivry, Waltlham, MA: Brandeis University Press, Hannover, NE: University Press of New England 1991, xlvii & 169 p.

6. Co-editor with Richard Wisser, Karl Jaspers: Philosopher among Philosophers / Philosoph unter Philosophen,Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann / Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi 1993, vii & 370 p.

7. Co-editor with Michael Ermarth and co-translator with Edith Ehrlich, Karl Jaspers. The Great Philosophers, Vol. III, New York, NY: Harcourt Brace: A Helen & Kurt Wolff Book 1993, xxiii & 306 p.

8. Co-editor with Michael Ermarth and co-translator with Edith Ehrlich, Karl Jaspers. The Great Philosophers, Volume IV, New York, NY: Harcourt Brace: A Helen & Kurt Wolff Book 1994, xiii & 367 p.

9. Co-editor with Richard Wisser, Karl Jaspers: Philosophy on the Way to "World Philosophy" / Philosophie auf dem Weg zur "Weltphilosophie," Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann / Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi 1998, xix & 366 p.

10. Co-editor with Richard Wisser, Karl Jaspers' Philosophie: Gegenwärtigkeit und Zukunft / Karl Jaspers' Philosophy: Rooted in the Present, Paradigm for the Future, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2003, xv & 396 p.

11. Co-editor with Shmuel Bolozki et al., Textures and Meanings. Thirty Years of Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, at www.umass.edu/judaic/anniversaryvolume, 2004 (last modified 6/29/09), xi & 462 p.

12. Co-author with Edith Ehrlich, Choices under Duress of the Holocaust. Vienna 1938-1945—Theresienstadt 1941-1945, 2 Vols. (each ca. 750 pages); sponsored by NEH grant, 98% completed, awaiting publication.

13. Unpublished: Being, Time, Thought. Studies in Fundamental Philosophy, Vol. I. Essays on Recent Philosophy, Vol. II. Phenomena of Thought.

14. Unpublished: Temporality: Three Essays, 1. Existence: A Historical Study, 2. Validity and Its Abrogation, 3. Relinquishment.

Articles

Note: Several articles belong to more than one general topic.

Fundamental Philosophy

1. "Über Machbarkeit und Ursprünglichkeit des Menschen angesichts seines Denkend-Seins," Festschrift für Hannsjorg A. Salmony, ed. Adreas Cesana & O. Rubitschon, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag 1985, pp. 71-86.

2. "El individuo como portador de la responsabilidad y objeto de la condición de responsable," Folia Humanistica, Vol. xxiv, Barcelona 1986, pp. 121-140.

3. "Sein und Wahrheit bei Heidegger. Versuch einer periechontologischen Kritik," Martin Heidegger—unterwegs im Denken. Symposium im 10. Todesjahr,ed. Richard Wisser, Freiburg, Munich: Karl Alber Verlag 1987, pp. 259-292.

4. "Heideggers Seinsdenken aus der Sicht von Arendt und Jaspers," in Karl Jaspers' Philosophie: Gegenwärtigkeit und Zukunft / Karl Jaspers' Philosophy: Rooted in the Present, Paradigm for the Future, co-edited with Richard Wisser, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2003, pp. 107-114.

5. "Die Idee der Natur und ihre Begriffe," in L'Art, la science et la métaphysique: études offertes ŕ André Mercier, eds. Luz García Alonso, Evanghelos Moutsopoulos, and Gerhard Seel, Académie internationale de philosophie de l'art, Berne, New York: Peter Lang 1993, pp. 165-182.

6. "Die Transzendenz des Denkens," in Kritik und Praxis: Zur Problematik menschlicher Emanizipation, Wolfdietrich Schmied-Kowarzik zum 60. Geburtstag, eds. Heinz Eidam, Frank Hermenau, and Dirk Stederoth, Lüneburg: Zu Klampen 1998, pp. 398-410.

7. "Universitätserneuerung und Seinsfrage. Zum Fall Heidegger," Synthesis Philosophica, Vol. 13, No. 2, Zagreb 1998, pp. 337-354.

8. "Being and Truth. Heidegger vis-a-vis Jaspers", in Karl Jaspers: Philosopher among Philosophers / Philosoph unter Philosophen, co-edited with Richard Wisser, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann / Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi 1993, pp. 121-138.

9. "Heidegger's Philosophy of Being from the Perspective of his Rectorate," in Heidegger and Jaspers, ed. Alan M. Olson, Philadelphia: Temple University Press 1994, pp. 29-48.

10. "Obnova sveucilišta I pitanje o bitku. O slucaju Heidegger," in Filozofka Istrazivanja,Nr. 67, Vol. 17/4, Zagreb 1997, pp. 871-886.

11. "Neues Denken und Eneuerung der Fundamentalphilosophie," in Selbstbegrenzendes Denken—in philosophos, ed. W. Schmied-Kowarzik, Freiburg, Munich: Karl Alber Verlag 2006, pp. 66-78.

12. "Jaspers' Denkwerk: Sinn, Wirkung, Aktualität," Existenz, Vol. 2, Nos 1-2, 2007, pp. 1-7.

13. "Jaspers' Methodology of Verstehen: Its Basis for History, Psychology, Translation," Existenz, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2008, pp. 1-8.

14. "Jaspers' Thought: Its Meaning, Effect, Timeliness," Existenz, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2010, pp. 60-65.

15. "Faith, Truth, Reason in Rosenzweig and Jaspers," in Faith, Truth, and Reason. New Perspectives on Franz Rosenzweig's "Star of Redemption" (Rosenzweigiana 6), eds. Yehoyada Amir, Yossi Turner, and Martin Brasser, Freiburg im Breisgau: Alber Verlag 2012, ISBN 978-3-495-48505-7.

Jaspers Studies

1. "Philosophical Faith and Mysticism," Bucknell Review, Vol. XVII, Bucknell 1969, pp. 1-21.

2. "Jaspers and the Great Philosophers," Massachusetts Review, Vol. X, Amherst 1969, pp. 383-393.

3. "Mysticism or Metaphysics?" Akten des 14. Internationalen Kongresses für Philosophie, Vol. III, Vienna: Herder 1969, pp. 651-659.

4. "Tillich's 'Symbol' vis-a-vis Jaspers's 'Cipher'," Harvard Theological Review, No. 66, Cambridge 1973, pp. 153-156.

5. "Buber's Dialogue in Confrontation with Barth and Jaspers," Acts of the 15. International Congress of Philosophy, Sofia 1974, 8pp.

6. "Truth and its Unity in Jaspers," Revue Internationale de Philosophie, No. 147, Brussels 1983, pp. 423-439.

7. "L'ironia nell'autocomprensione di Jaspers," Karl Jaspers: Filosofia-Scienza-Teologia, ed. Giorgio Penzo, Brescia: Morcelliana 1983, pp. 128-135.

8. "Jaspers i Hegel: Osnove jednog razra? unavanja," Delo, Vol. XXX, No. 1-2, ed. D. Basta, Belgrade 1984, pp. 139-152.

9. "Karl Jaspers and the Prospect of a World Philosophy," Philosophy and Culture; Proceedings of the XVII. World Congress of Philosophy, Montreal 1986, pp. 363-368.

10. "Jaspers und Hegel: Grundzüge einer Auseinandersetzung," in Karl Jaspers Today: Philosophy at the Threshold of the Future, co-edited with Richard Wisser, Lanham: University Press of America 1988, pp. 275-288.

11. "Tolerance and the Prospect of a World Philosophy," in Karl Jaspers Today: Philosophy at the Threshold of the Future, co-edited with Richard Wisser, Lanham: University Press of America 1988, pp. 93-100.

12. "La vitalità della metafisica 'esistenziale',"in La 'Metafisica' di Jaspers e l'ermeneutica scientifico-filosofica in rapporto al problema della liberta,ed. Giorgio Penzo, Torino: Paravia 1992, pp. 213-216.

13. "Konstruktion und Sein. Versuch über Jaspers und Leibniz," in Leibniz und Europa. VI. Internationaler Leibniz Kongreß. Vorträge I. Teil, Leibniz-Gesellschaft, Hannover 1994, pp. 220-227.

14. "Karl Jaspers und die jüdische Gedankenwelt," Trumah. Zeitschrift der Hochschule für jüdische Studien (Heidelberg Allemagne), No. 5, Berlin 1996, pp. 93-111.

15. "Ausblick: Vernunft, Geist, Geschichte", in Karl Jaspers: Philosophy on the Way to "World Philosophy" / Philosophie auf dem Weg zur "Weltphilosophie," co-edited with Richard Wisser, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann / Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi 1998, pp. 39-44.

16. "Philosophy and Its History: The Double Helix of Jaspers's Thought" in Karl Jaspers on Philosophy of History and History of Philosophy, eds. Joseph W. Koterski and Raymond J. Langley, Amherst, NY: Humanity Books 2003, pp. 19-30.

17. "Construction and Being: Jaspers on Metaphysics and Science in Leibniz," in Karl Jaspers on Philosophy of History and History of Philosophy, eds. Joseph W. Koterski and Raymond J. Langley, Amherst, NY: Humanity Books 2003, pp. 166-172. English version of "Konstruktion und Sein. Versuch über Jaspers und Leibniz," in Leibniz und Europa. VI. Internationaler Leibniz Kongreß. Vorträge I. Teil, Leibniz-Gesellschaft, Hannover 1994, pp. 220-227.

18. "Jaspers Reading Kierkegaard: An Instance of the Double Helix," in Karl Jaspers on Philosophy of History and History of Philosophy, eds. Joseph W. Koterski and Raymond J. Langley, Amherst, NY: Humanity Books 2003, pp. 236-242.

19. "Jaspers and the Philosophy of History," in Karl Jaspers on Philosophy of History and History of Philosophy, eds. Joseph W. Koterski and Raymond J. Langley, Amherst, NY: Humanity Books 2003, pp. 267-278.

20. 4 editorial introductions, ibid.: to Jaspers "Thomas Aquinas", 141f;to "Reading Kant",173f; to "Reading Kierkegaard no.1", 243f;to "Reading Kierkegaard no.2', ibid., 252f.

21. 2 Tables, ibid.: 1. "Project of a World History of Philosophy", 9; 2. "The Great Philosophers" 111.

22. "Zu Jaspers' Idee eines philosophischen Glaubens," Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Karl Jaspers Gesellschaft, Nr. 16, Innsbruck 2003, pp. 9-23.

23. "Jaspers' Denkweg: Sinn, Wirkung, Aktualität," Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Karl Jaspers Gesellschaft,Nr. 20, Innsbruck 2007, pp. 31-43.

24."Jaspers on the Intersection of Philosophy and Psychiatry," Philosophy, Psychology, Psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Vol. 14, 2007, pp. 75-78.

25. "The Power of Faith and Political Power. Intersection and Conflict," in Karl Jaspers: Geschichtliche Wirklichkeit mit Blick auf Grundfragen der Menschheit / Historic Actuality in View of Fundamental Problems of Mankind, eds. Andreas Cesana and Gregory J. Walters, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2008, pp. 259-264.

26. "Kommentar zu Marito Sato, 'Chiffren Metaphysik als Prinzip der religiösen Toleranz'," in Karl Jaspers: Geschichtliche Wirklichkeit mit Blick auf Grundfragen der Menschheit / Historic Actuality in View of Fundamental Problems of Mankind, eds. Andreas Cesana and Gregory J. Walters, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2008, pp. 281-285.

27. "Die Glaubensfrage und die Zukunft der Menschheit," in Wahrheit ist was uns verbindet: Karl Jaspers' Kunst zu philosophieren, eds. Reinhard Schulz, Giandomenico Bonanni, and Matthias Bormuth, Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag 2009, pp. 197-209.

Jewish Philosophy

1. "Rosenzweigs Begriff der Zeitigung aus den Quellen des Judentums," Der Philosoph Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929), Vol. II, ed. W. Schmied-Kowarzik, Freiburg, Munich: Karl Alber Verlag 1988, pp. 731-744.

2. "Philosophie, jüdische Philosophie und ihre Geschichte," in La storia della filosofia ebraica, ed. Irene Kajon, CEDAM: Archivio di Filosofia, Padova 1993, pp. 1-26.

3. "Die Moderne und der Bestand des Judentums," in Vergegenwärtigungen des zerstörten jüdischen Erbes. Franz-Rosenzweig-Gastvortesungen, Kassel 1987-1998, ed.Wolfdietrich Schmied-Kowarzik, Kasseler Semesterbücher, Kassel 1997, pp. 47-68.

4. "Judaism within Modernity: Challenge to Survival", in Textures and Meanings. Thirty Years Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts, co-edited with Shmuel Bolozki, et al., electronic publication at www.umass.edu/judnea/anniversaryvolume, 2004. in process, pp. 45-70.

Occasional Writings

1. "Dem lebendigen Geist: Erinnerung an Karl Jaspers," in Erinnerungen an Kart Jaspers, ed. Klaus Piper and Hans Saner, Munich Zurich 1974, pp. 173-183.

2. "Jaspers Scholarship in 1983," Jaspers Society Proceedings, No. 6, 1984, pp. 1-5.

3. Most of ca. 42 pages of editorial introductions in Karl Jaspers: Basic Philosophical Writings, Selections, edited, translated, with introductions by L. H. Ehrlich, E. Ehrlich, G. B. Pepper, Athens, OH: Ohio University Press 1986.

4. "Als jüdischer Gastprofessor in Kassel," Prisma, No. 43, Kassel 1989, pp. 29-33.

5. "Nachruf auf Gertrud Jaspers-Meier (1974)," in Karl Jaspers Today: Philosophy at the Threshold of the Future, co-edited with Richard Wisser, Lanham: University Press of America 1988, pp. 345-347.

6. with George B. Pepper, "Zur Gründung und Geschichte der Karl Jaspers Society of North America," in Karl Jaspers Today: Philosophy at the Threshold of the Future, co-edited with Richard Wisser, Lanham: University Press of America 1988, pp. 284-287.

7. "Opening Remarks, Introduction of Jeanne Hersch, Honorary President of the Conference," 31f, in Karl Jaspers: Philosophy on the Way to "World Philosophy" / Philosophie auf dem Weg zur "Weltphilosophie," co-edited with Richard Wisser, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann / Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi 1998, pp. 39-44.

8. "Frühe Erlebnisse, spätere Tatsachen," pp. 41-44;"Bibliographie," pp. 45f. in Vergegenwärtigungen des zerstörten jüdischen Erbes. Franz-Rosenzweig-Gastvortesungen, Kassel 1987-1998, ed.Wolfdietrich Schmied-Kowarzik, Kasseler Semesterbücher, Kassel 1997.

9. "Greetings on the occasion of the tenth issue of Kommunikation," Kommunikation, Vol. 10, Tokyo 1999, pp. 81-83. Reprinted in Karl Jaspers (Collected papers of the Jaspers Society of Japan, published on the occasion of the Society's 50th anniversary.), Tokyo 2000, pp. 257-259.

10. "By way of Introduction: Thirty Years of Judaic Studies—A Personal Memoir," in Textures and Meanings. Thirty Years Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts co-edited with Shmuel Bolozki, et al., electronic publication at http://www.umass.edu/judaic/anniversaryvolume/articles/01b-intro.pdf, 2004, pp. iv-x.

11. "Memory from the Early Years," in Roosevelt University. Memories of the First 60 Years, Roosevelt University, Chicago 2006, pp. 18f.

12. "Translating the Star," Rosenzweig Jahrbuch/Rosenzweig Yearbook, vol 1: Rosenzweig heute/ Rosenzweig Today, Freiburg, Munich: Karl Alber Verlag 2006, pp. 270-279.

13. "Fragments of a Philosophical Autobiography," Existenz, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2010, pp. 7-59.

Reference

1. Six entries on Jaspers in Kindlers neues Literatur Lexikon, vol. 8, eds. Rudolf Radler and Walter Jens, Munich: Kindler 1990, pp. 643-652: "Literatur zum Autor," "Die Atombombe und die Zukunft des Menschen," "Die geistige Situation der Zeit," "Philosophie," "Vom Ursprung und Ziel der Geschichte," "Von der Wahrheit."

2. "Jaspers, Karl," The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity, ed. Daniel Patte, Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press 2010, p. 637.

3. "Karl Jaspers," The History of Continental Philosophy, Vol. 3: The New Century: Bergsonism, Phenomenology, and Responses to Modern Science,eds. Keith Ansell-Pearson and Alan D. Schrift, Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press 2010, pp. 213-238.