Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics - Andrea Wulf
Category: History
Tags: History, Political, Adults
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self, Publisher: Books on Tape Release date: September 13, 2022 Duration: 15:10:16, When did we begin to be as self-centered as we are today? At what point did we expect to have the right to determine our own lives? When did we first ask the question, How can I be free? It all began in a quiet university town in Germany in the 1790s, when a group of playwrights, poets, and writers put the self at center stage in their thinking, their writing, and their lives. This brilliant circle included the famous poets Goethe, Schiller, and Novalis; the visionary philosophers Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel; the contentious Schlegel brothers; and, in a wonderful cameo, Alexander von Humboldt. And at the heart of this group was the formidable Caroline Schlegel, who sparked their dazzling conversations about the self, nature, identity, and freedom., The French revolutionaries may have changed the political landscape of Europe, but the youn
