Heiberg and the Howitz Controversy: 1824

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004534827_004

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The present tome is the first of a three-volume work dedicated to exploring the profound influence of G.W.F. Hegel’s philosophical thinking in Golden Age Denmark. The work demonstrates that the largely overlooked tradition of Danish Hegelianism played a profound and indeed constitutive role in many spheres of the Golden Age including philosophy, theology, literature, literary criticism, aesthetics, poetry, drama, history, and law. Moreover, it brought into its orbit several of the leading figures from this most celebrated period of Danish culture.

This initial tome covers the period from the beginning of the Hegel reception in the Danish Kingdom in the 1820s until the end of 1836. The dominant figure from this period is the poet and critic Johan Ludvig Heiberg, who attended Hegel’s lectures in Berlin in 1824 and then launched a campaign to popularize Hegel’s philosophy among his fellow countrymen. Using his journal Kjøbenhavns flyvende Post as an organ of dissemination, Heiberg published numerous articles containing ideas that he had borrowed from Hegel. Several readers felt provoked by Heiberg’s Hegelianism and wrote critical responses to him, many of which appeared in Kjøbenhavnsposten, the rival of Heiberg’s journal. Through these debates Hegel’s philosophy became an important point of reference in different spheres of Danish cultural life.

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A History of Hegelianism in Golden Age Denmark, Tome I

The Heiberg Period: 1824-1836, 2nd Revised and Augmented Edition

Series: Danish Golden Age Studies, Volume: 13

Cover A History of Hegelianism in Golden Age Denmark, Tome I

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004534827

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 14 Feb 2024

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