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De zuilen van Hercules
De legendarische Zuilen van Hercules zouden aan van de Straat van Gibraltar hebben gestaan, voorzien van Hercules' eigenhandige inscriptie: Ne Plus Ultra - 'Er is niets voorbij dit punt'. Deze voorstelling vormde het embleem van de spaanse monarchie. Maar na Columbus' ontdekking van Amerika werd het motto gewijzigd in: Plus Ultra - 'Er is iets voorbij dit punt'.
De zuilen van Hercules bevat tien opstellen - alle ontstaan in de jaren tachtig over cultuur, geschiedenis, filosofie en literatuur.
* Grondslagen van de mythologie van het schrijverschap
* Oedipus als Freud
* Het licht
* Het Ene
* De neus van Cleopatra
* Waar is de ware filosofie?
* Contra barbaros
* Lof van het niemandsland
* De verkeerde Mephisopheles
De zuilen van Hercules bevat tien opstellen - alle ontstaan in de jaren tachtig over cultuur, geschiedenis, filosofie en literatuur.
* Grondslagen van de mythologie van het schrijverschap
* Oedipus als Freud
* Het licht
* Het Ene
* De neus van Cleopatra
* Waar is de ware filosofie?
* Contra barbaros
* Lof van het niemandsland
* De verkeerde Mephisopheles
203 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1990
About the author
Harry Mulisch
149 books501 followersHarry Kurt Victor Mulisch along with W.F. Hermans and Gerard Reve, is considered one of the "Great Three" of Dutch postwar literature. He has written novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections.
Mulisch was born in Haarlem and lived in Amsterdam since 1958, following the death of his father in 1957. Mulisch's father was from Austria-Hungary and emigrated to the Netherlands after the First World War. During the German occupation in World War II he worked for a German bank, which also dealt with confiscated Jewish assets. His mother, Alice Schwarz, was Jewish. Mulisch and his mother escaped transportation to a concentration camp thanks to Mulisch's father's collaboration with the Nazis. Due to the curious nature of his parents' positions, Mulisch has claimed that he is the Second World War.
A frequent theme in his work is the Second World War. His father had worked for the Germans during the war and went to prison for three years afterwards. As the war spanned most of Mulisch's formative phase, it had a defining influence on his life and work. In 1963, he wrote a non-fiction work about the Eichmann case: The case 40/61. Major works set against the backdrop of the Second World War are De Aanslag, Het stenen bruidsbed, and Siegfried.
Additionally, Mulisch often incorporates ancient legends or myths in his writings, drawing on Greek mythology (e.g. in De Elementen), Jewish mysticism (in De ontdekking van de Hemel and De Procedure), well-known urban legends and politics (Mulisch is politically left-wing, notably defending Fidel Castro since the Cuban revolution). Mulisch is widely read and (according to his critics) often flaunts his philosophical and even scientific knowledge.
Mulisch gained international recognition with the movie De Aanslag (The Assault), (1986) which was based on his eponymous book. It received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best foreign movie and has been translated in more than twenty languages.
His novel De ontdekking van de Hemel (1992) was filmed in 2001 as The Discovery of Heaven by Jeroen Krabbé, starring Stephen Fry.
Amongst many awards he has received for individual works and his total body of work, the most important is the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren (Prize of Dutch Literature, an official lifetime achievement award) in 1995.
Mulisch was born in Haarlem and lived in Amsterdam since 1958, following the death of his father in 1957. Mulisch's father was from Austria-Hungary and emigrated to the Netherlands after the First World War. During the German occupation in World War II he worked for a German bank, which also dealt with confiscated Jewish assets. His mother, Alice Schwarz, was Jewish. Mulisch and his mother escaped transportation to a concentration camp thanks to Mulisch's father's collaboration with the Nazis. Due to the curious nature of his parents' positions, Mulisch has claimed that he is the Second World War.
A frequent theme in his work is the Second World War. His father had worked for the Germans during the war and went to prison for three years afterwards. As the war spanned most of Mulisch's formative phase, it had a defining influence on his life and work. In 1963, he wrote a non-fiction work about the Eichmann case: The case 40/61. Major works set against the backdrop of the Second World War are De Aanslag, Het stenen bruidsbed, and Siegfried.
Additionally, Mulisch often incorporates ancient legends or myths in his writings, drawing on Greek mythology (e.g. in De Elementen), Jewish mysticism (in De ontdekking van de Hemel and De Procedure), well-known urban legends and politics (Mulisch is politically left-wing, notably defending Fidel Castro since the Cuban revolution). Mulisch is widely read and (according to his critics) often flaunts his philosophical and even scientific knowledge.
Mulisch gained international recognition with the movie De Aanslag (The Assault), (1986) which was based on his eponymous book. It received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best foreign movie and has been translated in more than twenty languages.
His novel De ontdekking van de Hemel (1992) was filmed in 2001 as The Discovery of Heaven by Jeroen Krabbé, starring Stephen Fry.
Amongst many awards he has received for individual works and his total body of work, the most important is the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren (Prize of Dutch Literature, an official lifetime achievement award) in 1995.
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August 23, 2018
Leuke en intrigerende bundeling essays van Harry Mulisch.
De meeste essays zijn eerder frivool filosofisch te noemen. Vaak zitten er ook enkele autobiografische elementen in de contextualisering van de stukken.
Persoonlijk wist ik niet dat Mulisch zelf ooit een erg lijvig filosofieboek schreef.
Ik kon niet alles goed volgen, maar dat hoeft geen bezwaar te zijn bij filosofie. Mijn favoriet: 'Het licht'. 'Het ene' is erg intrigerend.
Leuk aan 'De zuilen van Hercules' is dat het je ook meeneemt naar de tijdsgeest van het moment van schrijven van de stukjes - meerdere decennia geleden ondertussen.
De meeste essays zijn eerder frivool filosofisch te noemen. Vaak zitten er ook enkele autobiografische elementen in de contextualisering van de stukken.
Persoonlijk wist ik niet dat Mulisch zelf ooit een erg lijvig filosofieboek schreef.
Ik kon niet alles goed volgen, maar dat hoeft geen bezwaar te zijn bij filosofie. Mijn favoriet: 'Het licht'. 'Het ene' is erg intrigerend.
Leuk aan 'De zuilen van Hercules' is dat het je ook meeneemt naar de tijdsgeest van het moment van schrijven van de stukjes - meerdere decennia geleden ondertussen.
February 7, 2025
pretty waus
pretty cool
pretty cool
November 5, 2019
Teilweise sehr faszinierende Essays mit einem richtig philosophischen Anspruch. MIHN oder Das Verhältnis zwischen Literatur und Naturwissenschaften über den Alpha - Beta Gegensatz. M ist zwar Alpha aber mit viel Beta, wie auch seine Romane nahelegen.
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