Lawrence Anton | Kurnig – The First Modern Antinatalist | Karim Akerma & Lenny @LawrenceAnton | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Kurnig is an intriguing and mysterious figure in antinatalist history. He coined the term Neo-Nihilismus to describe his philosophy that it is better never to be born and that it is wrong to procreate. I speak with Karim Akerma and Lenny who have been doing some philosophical detective work on Kurnig!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Kurnig
02:17 - Overview of Life & Work
24:49 - Intellectual Culture at the Time
29:21 - Continued... Overview of Life & Work
36:19 - Banned Work & Political Climate
41:36 - Discovering Kurnig
43:21 - Non-metaphysical Antinatalism
45:00 - First Modern Antinatalist
51:39 - Neo-Nihilismus
57:03 - Other Features of Kurnig's Antinatalism
01:00:40 - Views on Religion
01:03:04 - Responses to Kurnig's Work
01:09:04 - The Role of Teachers
01:12:02 - English Translations of Kurnig's Work
01:15:51 - Marie Huot
01:24:03 - Kurnig's Personality & Profession
01:32:27 - Further Research Needed
01:38:45 - Closing Thoughts + Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KARIM'S LINKS
Blog: antinatalismblog.wordpress.com
Music: https://vegetation.life
Antinatalism: A Handbook:
• English: amazon.co.uk/Antinatalism-Handbook-Karim-Akerma/dp/375492365X
• German: amazon.de/Antinatalismus-Ein-Handbuch-Karim-Akerma/dp/3741892750
LENNY'S LINKS
• Kurnig project: reddit.com/r/antinatalism/comments/wd268d/the_holy_grail_of_modern_antinatalism_unearthed
• Transcript of Kurnig’s “Der Neo-Nihilismus” (1901/1903): archive.org/details/kurnig-transcript
• Presenting three hypotheses about Kurnig (at 03:09:33): youtu.be/Qs9S0qc3WzQ?t=11373
• Discussing Kurnig in 'Antinatalism in Germany' (at 23:59): youtu.be/xn8AupHN75E?t=1409
• Discussing Kurnig on Voidcast Ep.5 (at 01:11:08): youtu.be/rBvCGH5zNV4?t=4268
KURNIG'S LINKS
Wikipedia: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurnig
Scans of Kurnig’s works (1896–1903): archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Kurnig%22
Pedro Rosselló's (non-exhaustive) archive of Kurnig’s correspondences: ibeunesco.tind.io/record/7391
Quartus (previous alias): Völkerbund, nicht: Völkerkrieg (1894): digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb11635814?page=7
Brochures published in 1896–7:
• Entvölkerung der Erde. Das Nichtsein nach dem Tode (1896): archive.org/details/m-5010/mode/1up
• Nouvelle Appréciation de l'Instinct Sexuel / Philosophie Pratique (1896): archive.org/details/liszt-3380
• (Newspaper Advertisement) Libelle anti procréateur de Kurnig (1897): https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/histoire/images/index.php?refphot=med130381x1905x12x0130
Publications with Max Spohr (1897–9):
• Das Sexualleben und der Pessimismus (1897): archive.org/details/kurnig3/Kurnig%20–%20Das%20Sexualleben%20und%20der%20Pessimismus%20%281897%29/mode/1up
• Das Sexualleben und der Pessimismus II (1898): archive.org/details/kurnig3/Kurnig%20–%20Das%20Sexualleben%20und%20der%20Pessimismus%20II%20%281898%29/mode/1up
• Der Pessimismus der Anderen (1899): archive.org/details/kurnig3/Kurnig%20–%20Der%20Pessimismus%20der%20Anderen%20%281899%29/mode/1up
Der Neo-Nihilismus. Anti-Militarismus – Sexualleben (Ende der Menschheit.) (1901): archive.org/details/kurnig1/mode/1up
T. R. Malthus – An Essay on the Principle of Population: amazon.co.uk/Principle-Population-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199540454
Henri Cazalis – Le livre du néant: https://www.amazon.fr/Livre-du-néant-Henri-Cazalis/dp/1514230712
The Brothers Goncourt: antinatalismblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/03/de-goncourt-edmond-1822-1896-and-jules-1830-1870-happy-death-and-the-end-of-the-species
Pedro Rosselló – Kurnig as a Forerunner of the International Bureau of Education:
• French (1943, pp. 59–68): ibeunesco.tind.io/record/7433
• English (1944, pp. 23–24): ibeunesco.tind.io/record/7435
Continued in pinned comment.
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
Kurnig is an intriguing and mysterious figure in antinatalist history. He coined the term Neo-Nihilismus to describe his philosophy that it is better never to be born and that it is wrong to procreate. I speak with Karim Akerma and Lenny who have been doing some philosophical detective work on Kurnig!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Subscribe – join the cult!
❤️ | Make a Donation: streamlabs.com/lawrenceanton
💪 | Patreon: patreon.com/lawrenceanton
👉 | Follow me on X: twitter.com/lawrence_anton1
📣 | An Antinatalist Handbook: antinatalisthandbook.org
✊ | Antinatalist Advocacy: antinatalistadvocacy.org
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Kurnig
02:17 - Overview of Life & Work
24:49 - Intellectual Culture at the Time
29:21 - Continued... Overview of Life & Work
36:19 - Banned Work & Political Climate
41:36 - Discovering Kurnig
43:21 - Non-metaphysical Antinatalism
45:00 - First Modern Antinatalist
51:39 - Neo-Nihilismus
57:03 - Other Features of Kurnig's Antinatalism
01:00:40 - Views on Religion
01:03:04 - Responses to Kurnig's Work
01:09:04 - The Role of Teachers
01:12:02 - English Translations of Kurnig's Work
01:15:51 - Marie Huot
01:24:03 - Kurnig's Personality & Profession
01:32:27 - Further Research Needed
01:38:45 - Closing Thoughts + Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KARIM'S LINKS
Blog: antinatalismblog.wordpress.com
Music: https://vegetation.life
Antinatalism: A Handbook:
• English: amazon.co.uk/Antinatalism-Handbook-Karim-Akerma/dp/375492365X
• German: amazon.de/Antinatalismus-Ein-Handbuch-Karim-Akerma/dp/3741892750
LENNY'S LINKS
• Kurnig project: reddit.com/r/antinatalism/comments/wd268d/the_holy_grail_of_modern_antinatalism_unearthed
• Transcript of Kurnig’s “Der Neo-Nihilismus” (1901/1903): archive.org/details/kurnig-transcript
• Presenting three hypotheses about Kurnig (at 03:09:33): youtu.be/Qs9S0qc3WzQ?t=11373
• Discussing Kurnig in 'Antinatalism in Germany' (at 23:59): youtu.be/xn8AupHN75E?t=1409
• Discussing Kurnig on Voidcast Ep.5 (at 01:11:08): youtu.be/rBvCGH5zNV4?t=4268
KURNIG'S LINKS
Wikipedia: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurnig
Scans of Kurnig’s works (1896–1903): archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Kurnig%22
Pedro Rosselló's (non-exhaustive) archive of Kurnig’s correspondences: ibeunesco.tind.io/record/7391
Quartus (previous alias): Völkerbund, nicht: Völkerkrieg (1894): digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb11635814?page=7
Brochures published in 1896–7:
• Entvölkerung der Erde. Das Nichtsein nach dem Tode (1896): archive.org/details/m-5010/mode/1up
• Nouvelle Appréciation de l'Instinct Sexuel / Philosophie Pratique (1896): archive.org/details/liszt-3380
• (Newspaper Advertisement) Libelle anti procréateur de Kurnig (1897): https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/histoire/images/index.php?refphot=med130381x1905x12x0130
Publications with Max Spohr (1897–9):
• Das Sexualleben und der Pessimismus (1897): archive.org/details/kurnig3/Kurnig%20–%20Das%20Sexualleben%20und%20der%20Pessimismus%20%281897%29/mode/1up
• Das Sexualleben und der Pessimismus II (1898): archive.org/details/kurnig3/Kurnig%20–%20Das%20Sexualleben%20und%20der%20Pessimismus%20II%20%281898%29/mode/1up
• Der Pessimismus der Anderen (1899): archive.org/details/kurnig3/Kurnig%20–%20Der%20Pessimismus%20der%20Anderen%20%281899%29/mode/1up
Der Neo-Nihilismus. Anti-Militarismus – Sexualleben (Ende der Menschheit.) (1901): archive.org/details/kurnig1/mode/1up
T. R. Malthus – An Essay on the Principle of Population: amazon.co.uk/Principle-Population-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199540454
Henri Cazalis – Le livre du néant: https://www.amazon.fr/Livre-du-néant-Henri-Cazalis/dp/1514230712
The Brothers Goncourt: antinatalismblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/03/de-goncourt-edmond-1822-1896-and-jules-1830-1870-happy-death-and-the-end-of-the-species
Pedro Rosselló – Kurnig as a Forerunner of the International Bureau of Education:
• French (1943, pp. 59–68): ibeunesco.tind.io/record/7433
• English (1944, pp. 23–24): ibeunesco.tind.io/record/7435
Continued in pinned comment.
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
