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092			_a830.9006 Wulf
100	1		_aWulf, Andrea,
245	1	0	_aMagnificent rebels : _bthe first romantics and the invention of the self / _cAndrea Wulf.
246	3	0	_aFirst romantics and the invention of the self.
250			_aFirst American edition.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2022.
300			_axi, 494 pages, 16 pages unnumbered plates : _billustrations (some color), portraits ; _c25 cm.
500			_a"This is a Borzoi book" --title page verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [359]-471) and index.
505	0		_aArrival -- Experiments -- Connections -- Fragmentation.
520			_a"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 young Romantics incited a revolution of the mind that transformed our world forever. We are still empowered by their daring leap into the self, and by their radical notions of the creative potential of the individual, the highest aspirations of art and science, the unity of nature, and the true meaning of freedom. We also still walk the same tightrope between meaningful self-fulfillment and destructive narcissism, between the rights of the individual and our responsibilities toward our community and future generations. At the heart of this inspiring book is the extremely modern tension between the dangers of selfishness and the thrilling possibilities of free will." --publisher's website.
650		0	_aAuthors, German _y19th century _vBiography.
650		0	_aBiography.
650		0	_aRomanticism _zGermany _vBiography.
650		0	_aSelf in literature.
650		0	_aSelf-realization.
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