David W. Wood

This second issue of SYMPHILOSOPHIE is devoted to the women writers of philosophical romanticism. This issue also contains an 80 page translation anthology of texts by Rahel Varnhagen, Sophie Mereau, Caroline Michaelis-Schlegel, Dorothea Veit-Schlegel, Karoline von Günderrode and Bettina Brentano-von Arnim. In addition, there are miscellaneous articles, review essays, book reviews, and a notices section with the latest publications, conferences and calls for papers for events relating to German romantic philosophy.

The main claim in this essay is that there is another vital but overlooked religious meaning and tradition of Tathandlung with which the idealistic philosopher J.G. Fichte engages, in addition to the legalistic tradition of Tathandlung that so far has been the sole tradition noted in Fichte scholarship. Crucially, it is precisely this other neglected religious tradition that especially becomes philosophically transformed by Fichte in his central work of the Jena period, the Foundation of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre (Grundlage der gesammten Wissenschaftslehre) (1794/95). The key elements of this essay on the historical origins of J.G. Fichte’s concept and philosophical use of the term “Tathandlung” were first presented in a talk on 28 April 2018 at an international Fichte conference at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Leuven, Belgium. And then again in a talk on 5 October 2018, at Aix-Marseille Université, France, at the 10th Congress of the International Johann Gottlieb Fichte Society (X. Kongress der Internationalen Johann-Gottlieb-Fichte Gesellschaft).

FICHTEANA: Review of J.G. Fichte Research 24 (2024) is now published. It contains a report of the 2024 London conference of the North American Fichte Society, and ten book reviews in English of recent publications on Johann Gottlieb Fichte and the Wissenschaftslehre, as well as a Bulletin with information about Fichte societies around the globe, and the latest Fichte editions, books, publications, CFPs, and conferences. Originally founded by Daniel Breazeale in 1993, since issue 22 (2022), FICHTEANA has appeared in an expanded form with book reviews. Editor: David W. Wood; with associate editors Kienhow Goh and Gesa Wellmann.

This special volume 6 of "Symphilosophie: International Journal of Philosophical Romanticism" celebrates and engages with Immanuel Kant’s legacy and indelible influence on the romantics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In recognition of Kant’s enduring importance, we have invited authors to mark his 300th birth year with articles, translations, and reviews that take up Kantian themes present in romantic thinkers. Despite the contrast in styles between Kant and the romantics, the importance of Kant’s critical system for the core ideas of romanticism is undeniable and inex- tricable. This year’s issue 6 of Symphilosophie therefore examines the crucial residual influence of Kant on romantic philosophy.

This issue 23 of FICHTEANA is dedicated to Daniel Breazeale, who passed away on 30 December 2023. "FICHTEANA Review of J.G. Fichte Research" is an annual online publication in English devoted to new scholarship on the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte. It publishes information and reviews of the latest Fichte editions, books, publications, conferences, and Calls for Papers. Originally founded by Daniel Breazeale in 1993, since issue 22 (2022), FICHTEANA has appeared in an expanded form with book reviews. Editors: Daniel Breazeale (†) and David W. Wood; with associate editors Kienhow Goh and Gesa Wellmann.