The Longing for Myth in Germany
Religion and Aesthetic Culture from Romanticism to Nietzsche
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Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Theophany and Revolution: The Romantics Turn to Myth
2. The Construction of a National Mythology:
The Romantic and Vormärz Eras
3. Olympus under Siege: Creuzer’s Symbolik and The Politics of the Restoration
4. From Scriptual Revelation to Messianic Myth:
The Bible in Vormärz
5. Richard Wagner and Revolutionary Humanism
6. Myth and Monotheism in the Unification Era, 1850-1880
Nietzsche’s Kulturkampf
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
History: European History | History of Ideas
Language and Linguistics: Language History and Language Universals
Philosophy: Aesthetics | History and Classic Works
Religion: Religion and Society
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