
	Philosophy and Culture Reference: Chesnokova, L. V. The Concept of Longing and Yearning (Sehnsucht) in German Culture // Philosophy and Culture. 2013. № 6. P. 825-833. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=62768 Chesnokova, L. V. The Concept of Longing and Yearning (Sehnsucht) in German Culture Abstract: The article is devoted to one of the most important terms in German culture, the concept of longing and yearning (Sehnsucht). Special attention is paid at etymology of the concept and its interpretation in philosophy. The author describes the main features of longing: uncertain pattern, no significant reason, inability to satisfy it and connection with one’s being. The author also underlines the ambivalence of that feeling and views how that concept was reflected in German poetry and Romanticism fine arts. Keywords: philosophy, culture, cultural concept, longing and yearning (Sehnsucht), romanticism, mentality, Weltschmerz (cosmic sadness), Fernweh (crave for travel), Heinweh (homesickness), Caspar David Friedrich. This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Barzakh A.E. Toska Annenskogo // Mitin zhurnal. 1996. № 53. [Elektronnyy resurs]. URL: www. vavilon.ru/metatext/mj53/barzah2.html (data obrashcheniya: 12.09.2012). 2. Vaynshteyn O.B. Dendi: moda, literatura, stil' zhizni. M.: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, 2006. 3. Gel'derlin F. Sochineniya. M.: Khudozhestvennaya literatura, 1969. 4. Degot' E.Yu. Prostranstvennye kody «russkosti» v iskusstve XIX veka // Otechestvennye zapiski. 2002. № 6. S. 187-195. 5. Zhirmunskiy V.P. Nemetskiy romantizm i sovremennaya mistika SPb.: Novoe vremya, 1914. 6. Izard K. Emotsii cheloveka. M.: Izd-vo MGU, 1980. 7. Kamenkovich M.V. Vozvrashchenie nemetskoy melankholii [Elektronnyy resurs]. URL: http://www. kreschatik.nm.ru/14/20.htm (data obrashcheniya: 14.02.2012). 8. Kuznetsova A.Yu. Khudozhestvennyy tekst kak sposob predstavleniya kul'tury // Vestnik RUDN, ser. Russkiy i inostrannyy yazyki i metodika ikh prepodavaniya. 2007. № 2. S. 44-47. 9. Zaydenits Sh., Barkou B. «Eti strannye nemtsy» / per. s angl. I. Mittel'man. M.: Egmont Rosiya Ltd, 1999. 10. Lishaev S.A. Estetika Drugogo. SPb.: Izd-vo S.-Peterb. un-ta, 2008. 11. Maslova V.A. Kognitivnaya lingvistika: uchebnoe posobie. Minsk: TetraSistems, 2004. 12. Nabokov V.V. Kommentariy k romanu A.S. Pushkina «Evgeniy Onegin». SPb.: Iskusstvo-SPb, 1998. 13. Reale D., Antiserri D. Zapadnaya filosofiya ot istokov do nashikh dney. V 4 t. T. 4. / per. s ital. S. Mal'tsevoy. SPb.: TOO TK «Petropolis», 1997. 14. Stepanov Yu.S. Konstanty: Slovar' russkoy kul'tury. M.: Akademicheskiy Proekt, 2004. 15. Fedorov F.P. Romanticheskiy khudozhestvennyy mir: prostranstvo i vremya. Riga: Zinatne, 1988. 16. Khaydegger M. Vremya i bytie: stat'i i vystupleniya / per. s nem. V.V. Bibikhina. M.: Respublika, 1993. 17. Khamitov N.V. Filosofiya cheloveka: ot metafiziki k metaantropologii. Kiev: Nika-Tsentr, 2002. 18. Shlegel' F. Estetika. Filosofiya. Kritika. V 2-kh t. T. 2 / per. s nem. Yu. Popova. M.: Iskusstvo, 1983. 19. Dorn T., Wagner R. Die deutsche Seele. München: Knaus, 2011. 20. Duden Das Bedeutungswörterbuch // Duden in 12 Bünden, Bd. 3. Mannheim: Dudenverlag, 2002. 21. Duden Deutsches Universalwörterbuch. Mannheim: Dudenverlag, 1996. 22. Gelfert H.D. Was ist Deutsch? Wie die Deutschen wurden, was sie sind. München: Beck, 2005. 23. Heidegger Lesebuch (hrsg. von Günter Figel). Frankfurt am Main, 2007. 24. Neidhardt H.J. Deutsche Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts. Leipzig: Seemann, 2008. 25. Scholl C. Romantische Malerei als neue Sinnbildkunst. München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2007. 26. Sommer T. 2006: Sprechende Landschaften // Art. 2006. № 5. S. 21-34. 27. Wahrig Deutsches Wörterbuch (hrsg. von Renate Wahrig-Burfeind). Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 2001

Journals

Books

Chesnokova, L. V. The Concept of Longing and Yearning (Sehnsucht) in German Culture