Romanticism and Politics: from Heinrich Heine to Carl Schmitt – and Back Again

After a reference to the debate concerning the concept of Romanticism (Lovejoy vs Wellek), the article briefly evokes certain key stances of English and French literary Romanticism. It then points to the distinguishing features of German Romanticism, namely the enlargement of the doctrine into an in...

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Main Author: Pericles S. Vallianos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Neohellenic Research 2013-12-01
Series:Historical Review
Online Access:https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/4089
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spelling doaj-9b816a3a963e4c78b80acf5937b19ae92020-11-24T22:20:49ZengInstitute for Neohellenic Research Historical Review1790-35721791-76032013-12-0110018921810.12681/hr.3113433Romanticism and Politics: from Heinrich Heine to Carl Schmitt – and Back AgainPericles S. VallianosAfter a reference to the debate concerning the concept of Romanticism (Lovejoy vs Wellek), the article briefly evokes certain key stances of English and French literary Romanticism. It then points to the distinguishing features of German Romanticism, namely the enlargement of the doctrine into an integral metaphysics with the concept of the “organic state” at its core (A. Müller). The critique of political Romanticism by two revolutionary democrats (H. Heine and A. Ruge) is then presented. The article closes with a critique of C. Schmitt’s interpretation of political Romanticism.https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/4089
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title Romanticism and Politics: from Heinrich Heine to Carl Schmitt – and Back Again
title_short Romanticism and Politics: from Heinrich Heine to Carl Schmitt – and Back Again
title_full Romanticism and Politics: from Heinrich Heine to Carl Schmitt – and Back Again
title_fullStr Romanticism and Politics: from Heinrich Heine to Carl Schmitt – and Back Again
title_full_unstemmed Romanticism and Politics: from Heinrich Heine to Carl Schmitt – and Back Again
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1791-7603
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description After a reference to the debate concerning the concept of Romanticism (Lovejoy vs Wellek), the article briefly evokes certain key stances of English and French literary Romanticism. It then points to the distinguishing features of German Romanticism, namely the enlargement of the doctrine into an integral metaphysics with the concept of the “organic state” at its core (A. Müller). The critique of political Romanticism by two revolutionary democrats (H. Heine and A. Ruge) is then presented. The article closes with a critique of C. Schmitt’s interpretation of political Romanticism.
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