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Heiberg's Perseus and Other Texts. Edited and Translated by Jon Stewart. 406 sider, 15 x 23 cm. Med 6 illustrationer. Pris kr 350,00 (ib.). Museum Tusculanums Forlag. Udgivet 2011. (Serie: Texts from Golden Age Denmark, vol. 6)

Digteren og filosoffen Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791-1860) udgav første nummer af tidsskriftet Perseus, Journal for den speculative Idee i juni 1837 som et led i sin mangeårige bestræbelse på at omvende sine guldalder-samtidige til G.W.F. Hegels filosofiske system.
Tidsskriftet var resultatet af en strid mellem Heiberg og det prestigiøse Maanedsskrift for Litteratur om en artikel som Heiberg havde indsendt. Digteren følte sig uretfærdigt behandlet, hvorfor han trak sin artikel tilbage og besluttede at stifte sit eget tidsskrift som det kontroversielle skrift kunne udkomme i. Således blev Perseus født.
I en indledende henvendelse til tidsskriftets læsere opfordrer Heiberg den græske helt Perseus til at være forkæmperen for hegelsk idealisme og dermed bekæmperen af realismens og empirismens hæslige Medusa.
"The first article in Heiberg's new journal was his book review of Rothe's Doctrine of the Trinity and Reconciliation, which was the cause of all the controversy. At last Heiberg had created his own forum, where the work could be published with no disclaimer or editorial note to warn off the readers. Although this review does sporadically touch on Rothe's book, it seems that Heiberg's main objective with the piece is to defend Hegel's philosophy against its critics. [...] The final text featured in the present volume is the last chapter or 'preface' from Kierkegaard's pseudonymous book, Prefaces. In this text, Heiberg is alluded to directly and indirectly many times and made the subject of merciless satire. It will be noted that this was wholly in keeping with the standard practice of the journalistic literature of the day, and Heiberg himself had won a wide reputation for his ability to humiliate his opponents publicly by means of his polemical witings. Kierkegaard's book Prefaces is, as the title indicates, a series of prefaces to different works without the works themselves. The final preface, translated here, is purportedly a preface to a planned philosophical journal entitled Philosophical Considerations, which Kierkegaard's pseudonymous author, Nicolaus Notabene, says he wants to publish to encourage work in philosophy in Denmark. [...] This text takes up in a satirical way some issues from the ongoing discussion about Hegelian philosophy"(Introduction).
Selvom Heibergs hegelske tidsskrift kun udkom i to numre i 1837 og 1838 blev det i vid udstrækning diskuteret og læst blandt samtidens danske studenter og intellektuelle. Det blev desuden udførligt anmeldt af filosoffen Frederik Christian Sibbern og satirisk udstillet af Søren Kierkegaard i Forord. Der er ingen tvivl om at Heibergs Perseus udgør en milepæl i guldalderkulturen.
Jon Stewart er lektor ved Søren Kierkegaard Forskningscenteret, Københavns Universitet.

UDDRAG AF INDHOLD: Introduction: The Origin and Influence of Heiberg's Perseus.
Johan Ludvig Heiberg: Negotiations with the Editorial Board of the Maanedsskrift for Litteratur.
Johan Ludvig Heiberg: Perseus, Journal for the Speculative Idea. To the Readers. Review of Dr. Rothe's Doctrine of the Trinity and Reconciliation. Review of Perseus, Journal for the Speculative Idea.
Søren Kierkegaard - Preface VIII.
Explanatory Notes. Bibliographies. Indices (Index of Names and Persons; Index of Subjects; Index of Works).

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