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The nineteenth-century Romantic understanding of history is often
confused with the longing for the past Golden Age. In this book,
the Romantic idea of Golden Age is seen from a new angle by
discussing it in the context of Friedrich Schlegel's works.
Interestingly, Schlegel argued that the concept of a past Golden
Age in the beginning of history was itself a product of antiquity,
imagined without any historical ground. The Golden Age was not
bygone for Schlegel, but to be produced in the future. His utopian
vision of the Kingdom of God was related to the millenarian
expectations of perpetual peace aroused by the revolutionary wars.
Schlegel understood current era through the kairos concept, which
emphasized the present possibilities for public agency. Thus
history could not be reduced to any kind of pre-established pattern
of redemption, for the future was determined only by the
opportunities manifested in the present time.
The notions of culture and civilization are at the heart of
European self-image. This book focuses on how space and spatiality
contributed to defining the concepts of culture and civilization
and, conversely, what kind of spatial ramifications "culture" and
"civilization" entailed. These questions have vital importance to
the understanding of this formative period of modern Europe. The
chapters of this volume concentrate on the following themes: What
were the sites of culture, civilization and Bildung and how were
these sites employed in defining these concepts? What kind of
borders did this process of definition and its inherent spatial
imagination produce? What were the connecting routes between the
supposed centers and peripheries? What were the strategies of
envisioning, negotiating and transforming cultural territories in
early nineteenth-century Europe? This book adds new perspectives on
ways of approaching spatiality in history by investigating, for
example: the decisive role of the French revolution, the persistent
interest in classical civilization and its sites, emerging urbanism
and the culture of the cities, the changing constellations between
centers and peripheries and the colonial extensions, or
transfigurations, of culture. It also pays attention to the
spatiality of culture as a metaphor, but simultaneously emphasizes
the production of space in an era of technological innovation and
change.
The nineteenth-century Romantic understanding of history is often
confused with the longing for the past Golden Age. In this book,
the Romantic idea of Golden Age is seen from a new angle by
discussing it in the context of Friedrich Schlegel's works.
Interestingly, Schlegel argued that the concept of a past Golden
Age in the beginning of history was itself a product of antiquity,
imagined without any historical ground. The Golden Age was not
bygone for Schlegel, but to be produced in the future. His utopian
vision of the Kingdom of God was related to the millenarian
expectations of perpetual peace aroused by the revolutionary wars.
Schlegel understood current era through the kairos concept, which
emphasized the present possibilities for public agency. Thus
history could not be reduced to any kind of pre-established pattern
of redemption, for the future was determined only by the
opportunities manifested in the present time.
The notions of culture and civilization are at the heart of
European self-image. This book focuses on how space and spatiality
contributed to defining the concepts of culture and civilization
and, conversely, what kind of spatial ramifications "culture" and
"civilization" entailed. These questions have vital importance to
the understanding of this formative period of modern Europe. The
chapters of this volume concentrate on the following themes: What
were the sites of culture, civilization and Bildung and how were
these sites employed in defining these concepts? What kind of
borders did this process of definition and its inherent spatial
imagination produce? What were the connecting routes between the
supposed centers and peripheries? What were the strategies of
envisioning, negotiating and transforming cultural territories in
early nineteenth-century Europe? This book adds new perspectives on
ways of approaching spatiality in history by investigating, for
example: the decisive role of the French revolution, the persistent
interest in classical civilization and its sites, emerging urbanism
and the culture of the cities, the changing constellations between
centers and peripheries and the colonial extensions, or
transfigurations, of culture. It also pays attention to the
spatiality of culture as a metaphor, but simultaneously emphasizes
the production of space in an era of technological innovation and
change.
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