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Bridging the Political Gaps
The Interdiscursive Qualities of Political Romanticism in the Weimar Republic
in Contributions to the History of Concepts
Author:
Christian E. Roques
Christian E. Roques
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Abstract
Political romanticism is one of the keys to accessing the intellectual debates of the Weimar Republic. This article tries to adopt a radically historicized approach centered on the concept of reception. Such an approach allows it to focus on the strategic nature of the different uses that were made of the romantic paradigm between 1918 and 1933. This article contends that one of the main features that romanticism offers in the German context is its interdiscursive quality that renders it able to transcend traditional political divisions like left/right and conservative/progressive. This idea is illustrated in this article with a series of examples covering the entire lifespan of the Republic and the entire political spectrum therein, which can be represented by such figures as Sigmund Rubinstein, Thomas Mann, Hans Freyer, Carl Schmitt, Karl Mannheim, Othmar Spann, Wilhelm von Schramm, and Paul Tillich.
Contributor Notes
Christian E. Roques is a senior lecturer in German studies at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (France). Email: christian.roques@univ-reims.fr