|
Eugène Napoleon Tigerstedt (usually known as E.N. Tigerstedt) was born April 28, 1907 in Warsaw and died June 27, 1979 on the island of Samos in Greece. He was a Finnish-Swedish academic. In his lifetime, Tigerstedt was one of the leading and most respected literary historians in Scandinavia〔Johan Wrede , 'Tigerstedt, Eugène Napoleon ', Biografiskt Lexikon för Finland, http://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=4986. Accessed November 14, 2015.〕 and is best known internationally for his contributions to Plato scholarship. Tigerstedt became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1939, a docent (assistant professor) in 1941, and a professor in 1946 at the University of Helsinki. He was a literary critic at the newspapers ''Svenska Pressen'' ('Swedish Press,' 1938–1941) and ''Hufvudstadsbladet'' ('Journal of the Capital,' 1941–1946). In 1948, he left Finland and moved to Stockholm where he became a literary editor at the publishing houses Natur & Kultur and later Bonniers. At Natur & Kultur, he became something of a pioneer in introducing modern science fiction to Sweden, and was involved in the publication of the series 'Tomorrow's Adventure.' Later, however, when a hopeful student wanted to write his dissertation on H. G. Wells, Tigerstedt replied to his proposal with the words: "The candidate has misunderstood the subject. Science fiction is not literature."〔Johan Wrede , 'Tigerstedt, Eugène Napoleon ', Biografiskt Lexikon för Finland, http://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=4986. Accessed November 14, 2015.〕 Between 1956 and 1973 he was Professor of Literary History with Poetics (later 'Literature') at Stockholm University. He was also active as a literary critic at the ''Svenska Dagbladet'' ('Swedish Daily'). Tigerstedt published other books (partly with collaborators) on Bertrand Russell, Dante, part of ''Bonnier's General Literature'' from 1959 to 1964, as well as ''New Illustrated Swedish Literature'' in 1967. ==Scholarship on Plato and Sparta== Internationally, Tigerstedt is known primarily as a scholar specializing in Plato and classical studies. His ''The Decline and Fall of the Neoplatonic Interpretation of Plato: an outline and some observations'' (1974)〔Societas Scientariarum Fennica, 1974.〕 made an important contribution to the history of interpretations of Plato. G. A. Press said '... Tigerstedt's historical sketch ... remains the best available history of Plato studies.'〔Gerald Alan Press, ''Plato's Dialogues: New Studies and Interpretations'' (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 1993), p. 107.〕 Brisson's 1977 review said 'This historical argument (Tigerstedt ) is truly convincing and sheds light on many points unknown or poorly known about the Platonic tradition during the Middle Ages, through the Renaissance, and to the Enlightenment and the dawn of rigorous history of philosophy. In addition, this little book fills a lucuna that E. N. Tigerstedt himself deplores: namely, the absence of a global history of the Platonic tradition.'〔Luc Brisson, review of 'E. N. Tigerstedt, The decline and fall of the neoplatonic interpretation of Plato. An outline and some observations,' in ''Bulletin de l'Association Guillaume Budé'', n. 3, October, 1977, pp. 315-318, esp. 317. Translated from French by Jd'A.〕 In Rasmussen's review of Wolfsdorf's ''Trials of Reason'' (2008), he noted 'Wolfsdorf's reliance on the exceptional scholarship of E. N. Tigerstedt.'〔David Wolfsdorf, ''Trials of Reason: Plato and the Crafting of Philosophy'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008). https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/23512-trials-of-reason-plato-and-the-crafting-of-philosophy/ Accessed November 14, 2015.〕 Tigerstedt's work was discussed in 2013 by Catana.〔Leo Catana, 'The Origin of the Division between Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism,' ''Apeiron,'' v. 46, n. 2, 2013, pp. 166-200. See also ''The Historiographical Concept 'System of Philosophy','' (Leiden: Brill, 2008).〕 Tigerstedt's work is cited in the Wikipedia articles Neoplatonism and Allegorical Interpretations of Plato, and in the article on 'Plato's Aesthetics' in the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy''.〔http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-aesthetics/ Accessed November 14, 2015.〕 In a sequel of sorts, Tigerstedt's ''Interpreting Plato'' (1977) surveyed the interpretive assumptions and governing solutions found in dominant interpretative modes of Plato scholarship in the last century and a half.〔Stockholm Studies in History of Literature, Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1977.〕 It was reviewed by Burnyeat.〔''The Classical Review'', v. 29, n. 1, April 1979, pp 161-162.〕 Tigerstedt's 1970 article 'Furor Poeticus : Poetic Inspiration in Greek Literature Before Democritus and Plato', and his 1969 book ''Plato’s Idea of Poetical Inspiration'' are widely cited in the literature on Plato's ''Ion.''〔Tigerstedt, E.N., “Furor Poeticus : Poetic Inspiration in Greek Literature Before Democritus and Plato”, ''Journal of the History of Ideas'', XXXI (), 163-78; ''Plato’s Idea of Poetical Inspiration'' (Helsinki: Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum, 1969).〕 Tigerstedt's three-volume, ''The Legend of Sparta in Classical Antiquity'' was also an important contribution.〔Almqvist & Wiksell, 1965.〕 A 2012 review by Ephraim David of a book on Sparta began with the overview 'The perception of Sparta throughout history has been the subject of important work in the last eighty years or so. François Ollier’s pioneering study, focused on Sparta’s idealization in Ancient Greece was followed by E.N. Tigerstedt’s ''magnum opus'', which broadened the scope of the research to the whole of classical antiquity.'〔Ephraim David, review of Stephen Hodkinson, Ian Macgregor Morris, eds.), ''Sparta in Modern Thought'' (Swansea: Classical Press of Wales, 2012) in ''Bryn Mawr Classical Review''. http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2012/2012-09-51.html Accessed November 14, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「E. N. Tigerstedt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|