Open AccessRomanticism and Politics: from Heinrich Heine to Carl Schmitt – and Back Again
Author(s) -
Pericles S. Vallianos
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the historical review/the historical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1791-7603
pISSN - 1790-3572
DOI - 10.12681/hr.311
Subject(s) - romanticism , metaphysics , politics , german , philosophy , doctrine , interpretation (philosophy) , humanities , art history , literature , art , theology , political science , law , linguistics
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.