Cover of the magazine LICHTGEDANKEN issue 10. Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
Cover of the magazine LICHTGEDANKEN issue 10. Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena) - The current issue of the University of Jena's research magazine LICHTGEDANKEN focuses on Romanticism. This era began in Germany a good 200 years ago, right here in Jena. At that time, aspiring young intellectuals came together at the university and developed completely new forms of artistic expression and approaches to reflection that are still valid today, far beyond art and literature. Today, researchers at the University of Jena are tracing the Romanticism in the modern world in a variety of projects and present their findings in the current issue of LICHTGEDANKEN. For example, literary scholar Stefan Matuschek explains in an interview why Goethe and Schiller are not "classics" but "romantics" and how Romanticism can prevent us from conspiracy myths and fundamentalism today. Art historian Johannes Grave talks about the lessons we can learn from the Romantic era in order to master current challenges such as the climate crisis.
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