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    The history and politics of civilisation: the debate about Russia in French and German historical scholarship from Voltaire to Herder

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    PhDDuring the second half of the 18th century, a debate about Russia developed in France and Germany. Spurred on by a preoccupation with Peter I’s project to swiftly civilise his country through Europeanisation, and by the evolving idea of a philosophic history with its concern to explain the historical process of civilisation in general, and Europe’s historical journey out of a state of barbarism in particular, an array of thinkers turned to the example of Russia with a set of interrelated historiographical and political questions: Does Russia share a history with Europe, and if so, how can its particular history be related to generalised accounts of the development of civilisation? What was the role of Peter I in fostering civilisation in Russia, and what political lessons can be learned from his reign? Can the historical process of civilisation be accelerated through willed, top-down reform and through wholesale importation of ideas and models from without as Peter attempted, or are there unsurpassable limits to such a project? The present thesis reconstructs this central Enlightenment debate, which has so far only received scant attention in modern scholarship, by providing an in-depth analysis of the relevant works of its main participants: Voltaire, Denis Diderot, Pierre Charles Levesque, August Ludwig Schlözer and Johann Gottfried Herder. By contextualising their Russian writings in terms of wider Enlightenment discourse on philosophic history and political reform, it seeks to recover the rich and conflicting nature of the debate about Russia. In this way, it ultimately contributes to the revision of the customary portrayal of the Enlightenment as a unified ‘project’ based on a universalising and rationalistic approach to the human sciences, and marked by a concomitant inability either to appreciate the complexities of historical development or to conceive of a reforming politics outside the framework of enlightened despotism

    Stadt-Theater Düsseldorf / Die Familie Schroffenstein : Mittwoch, den 18. Oktober 1916 ; neueinstudiert ; große Tragödie in 5 Aufzürgen

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    von Heinrich von Kleist, der vierte und fünfte Akt von Gottfried Stommel. Spielleitung: Béla Duschak. Personen: Paul Barleben, Carl Eberhard, Kurt Goldberg, Max Wogritsch, Ernst Noeldechen, Béla Duschak, Ernst Bedau, Heinrich Gärtner, Ludwig Mayr, Hans Werder, Robert Wilhelm, Ernst Herz, Paul Lenoar, Otto Busch, Paul Hermann, Hugo Lazak, Robert Weberg, Gisela Hawelka, Else Kittner, Selma Wuttke, Elisabeth Wundtke, Jahn Hofknecht, Carl Neumann ..

    Stadt-Theater Düsseldorf / Die Familie Schroffenstein : Samstag, den 4. November 1916 ; Schülerkarten haben Gültigkeit ; große Tragödie in 5 Aufzügen

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    von Heinrich von Kleist, der vierte und fünfte Akt von Gottfried Stommel. Spielleitung: Béla Duschak. Personen: Paul Barleben, Carl Eberhard, Kurt Goldberg, Max Wogritsch, Ernst Noeldechen, Béla Duschak, Ernst Bedau, Heinrich Gärtner, Ludwig Mayr, Hans Werder, Robert Leffler, Ernst Herz, Paul Lenoar, Otto Busch, Paul Hermann, Hugo Lazak, Robert Weberg, Gisela Hawelka, Else Kittner, Selma Wuttke, Elisabeth Wundtke, Jahn Hofknecht, Carl Neumann ..

    Willst du ein Mann ein Deutscher sein - JWK Mus.Ms. 262

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    Oben links Signaturschild "J. N|o 43."Johann Wenzel KalliwodaDiplomatischer Titel: [vocal score, heading:] Deutsches Lied [right side:] J: W: Kalliwoda | Gedicht von L. G. NeumannWeiterer diplomatischer Titel: [parts, heading:] Deutsches Lied | Gedicht von L. G. Neumann [right side:] dem tetschner | Gesangsvereine | zu seinem Fahnen- | feste eigends | componirt | von | J. W: KalliwodaText: Ludwig Gottfried NeumannQuelle: Autograph manuscript, OtherProvenienz: Nachlass KalliwodaProvenienz: Rundstempel "Liedertafel Donaueschingen"Besetzungshinweis: Coro T (2), Coro B (2

    The Collapse of Interwar Vienna: Oskar Morgenstern’s Community, 1925 - 1950

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    From the perspective of science, art and intellectual life in general, Interwar Vienna was one of the most vibrant communities in modern European history. Within the field of economics, it was home to, amongst others, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich von Hayek, Hans Mayer, Gottfried Haberler, Fritz Machlup, Oskar Morgenstern, Karl Menger and Abraham Wald. The community flourished after the end of World War I, and then began to suffer in the early 1930’s as a result of growing political instability and rising anti-semitism. With the Anschluss of Austria by the Third Reich in March 1938, it collapsed completely, never to recover. Drawing on the personal papers of two key participants, Oskar Morgenstern and Karl Menger, and also on the archives of the Rockefeller Foundation, this paper provides a portrait of that community, chronicling its evolution and dramatic collapse. Particular attention is paid to the milieu surrounding Morgenstern, both as director of the Rockefeller-funded Austrian Institute for Business Cycle Research and as philosophical “dissident”. In collaborating with mathematicians Menger, Wald and, later, John von Neumann, he gradually forsook his Austrian theoretical legacy. The account detailed here shows conflict and tension to have been central to both the life and death of this fabled community.

    Erzählungen und Novellen des 19. Jahrhunderts.

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    Le volume 1 contient : Ludwig Tieck : Der Blonde Eckbert/Der Runenberg / Walter Münz -- Bonaventura : Nachtwachen / Gerhart Hoffmeister -- Heinrich von Kleist : Die Marquise von O / Dirk Grathoff -- Heinrich von Kleist : Michael Kohlhaas / Paul Michael Lützeler -- E.T.A. Hoffmann : Der Goldne Topf / Günter Oesterle -- Adelbert von Chamisso : Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte / Dagmar Walach -- E.T.A. Hoffmann : Der Sandmann / Thomas Koebner -- Clemens Brentano : Geschichte vom braven Kasperl und dem schönen Annerl / Gerhard Kluge -- Joseph von Eichendorff : Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts / Alexander von Bormann -- Johann Wolfgang Goethe : Novelle / Gerhard Schulz.Le volume 2 contient : Annette von Droste-Hülshoff : Die Judenbuche / Heinz Rölleke -- Adalbert Stifter : Brigitta / Rosemarie Hunter-Lougheed -- Franz Grillparzer : Der Arme Spielmann / Hinrich C. Seeba -- Eduard Mörike : Mozart auf der Reise nach Prag / Wolfgang Braungart -- Gottfried Keller : Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe / Thomas Koebner -- Gottfried Keller : Kleider machen Leute / Bernd Neumann -- Conrad Ferdinand Meyer : Das Amulett / Hans Zeller -- Theodor Storm : Hans und Heinz Kirch / Winfried Freund -- Theodor Storm : Der Schimmelreiter / Volker Hoffmann.Bibliogr

    Trzy tezy Martina Seela w kwestii fenomenologii obrazu

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    In 'The Aesthetics of Phenomenal Presence,' Seel presents thirteen theses concerning the image and its manifestation, postulated under the influence of contemporary discourse and drawing on the contributions of Nelson Goodman and Gottfried Boehm. The author of this article focuses particularly on Seel's first three theses, discussing them in the context of potential interpretative issues. They subject them to critical analysis, referencing, among others, Ludwig Wittgenstein's concepts, which Seel rejects in his initial assumptions. The author endeavors to reconstruct the proposals of the German philosopher, highlighting the problems that thesetheses may overlook or inadequately problematize. The article examines the phenomenological approach to the material image, especially focusing on its mode of existence and the process of constituting meaning. The author also underscores Seel's attempt to encompass material images in all their forms, such as photographs, mirror reflections, or pictographic signs
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