Three principles of “political theology” in the Stefan George circle

Alexander Mikhailovsky ()
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Abstract: This paper is concerned with one of the most prominent examples of German intellectual history at the beginning of the 20th century, the George circle. The study identifies three principles which are crucial for the “political theology” of the George circle – the principle of covenant, the principle of the charismatic leader and the principle of dominance and service. The main hypothesis is that the George circle was an ideologically integrated group of intellectuals who sought to reform politics by means of aesthetics, and influenced the language and ideology of the “conservative revolution” in Weimar Germany

Keywords: political theology; Stefan George; George circle; Friedrich Gundolf; Friedrich Wolters; dominance and service; aestheticization of the political; conservative revolution. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2013
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Published in WP BRP Series: Humanities / HUM, May 2013, pages 1-18

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