Catastrophe in the Past: Some Remarks on the Eschatological Utopia and Weimar Germany
Catastrophe in the Past: Some Remarks on the Eschatological Utopia and Weimar Germany
Author(s): Dimitar BojkovSubject(s): History, History of ideas, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Keywords: Eschatological Utopia; Weimar Germany; Post-war Period; affects
Summary/Abstract: In this text I am trying to show how the experience of WWI affects the philosophical thinking related to history. The problem of the past catastrophe is an example of arising eschatological ideas and their reinterpretation during the Weimar Era. The oeuvre of Walter Benjamin is emblematic for some processes of that time affecting not only philosophy, but also social thinking and historical knowledge.
Journal: Балканистичен Форум
- Issue Year: 34/2025
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 187-200
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
