The anxiety of autonomy and the aesthetics of German orientalism
In: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture 182
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In: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture 182
August Wilhelm Schlegel proclaimed that "[i]f the regeneration of the human species started in the East, Germany must be considered the Orient of Europe." How can this remarkable identification of Germany with the subjugated oriental 'other' be explained? In The Orient of Europe, Nicholas A. Germana explores how German thinkers, especially those associated with the Early Romantic movement, set India up as an "ideal mirror," in which they could perceive the image of the Germany they longed f
In: Central European history, Band 53, Heft 3, S. 662-664
ISSN: 1569-1616