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It can hardly be disputed that the theme of popularity is central to the Enlightenment. Popularity is the sociality equivalent to the individual appeal: 'Dare to know.' Parallel to this runs the following imperative: 'Dare to encourage your neighbour and your fellow man and woman to think on their own – even though they do not belong to the erudite elite.' It is also undeniable that Romantic authors and philosophers polemically attempted to tear down the popularity project of the Enlightenment, their main criticism being its tendency towards mediocrity. It is less well known that Romantic authors and philosophers themselves, around the turn of the nineteenth century, made popularity their central concern. To quote Friedrich Schlegel in the journal Athenaeum: 'The time of popularity has come.' This article explores the Romantics' alternative conception of popularity, with especial reference to Johann Gottlieb Fichte and the Grimm Brothers. To this end, it is helpful to reconstruct the background of the Romantic attempt to create an independent concept of popularity: the debate between Immanuel Kant and the German popular philosopher Christian Garve on the necessity, possibilities, and limits of popularity.
The article is about mediating an involvement in the development of the Rosswald Castle Theater between 1750 and 1760. Attention is paid to the theater repertoire and the representation of the artistic atmosphere in the Rosswald Castle. Last but not least, the article outlines the role of the Rosswald sentimental garden, in which the dramas, operas and ballet performances were also located. The article points to the incorporation of creative impulses of Enlightenment into the repertoire of the Rosswald cultural scene. The focus of the investigation is on the activity of Johann Heinrich Friedrich Müller, who implemented the dramatic rules of the Enlightenment in the Rosswald Castle Theater.
In der österreichischen Literatur entwickelte sich zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhundertskeine literarische Bewegung, die mit der deutschen Romantik vergleichbar wäre. Der Aufenthalt und ausgedehnte Tätigkeiten vieler deutscher Romantiker in Wien jedoch hatten Auswirkungen auf das geistig-kulturelle und literarische Leben in Österreich und führten zu heftigen Debatten und wortgewaltigen Polemiken in der literarischen und journalistischen Szene. Die Aufklärungspostulate hatten in Wien Prämissen gesetzt, die das kulturelle Leben der österreichischen Länder bis weit in das 19. Jahrhundert hinein stark beeinflussten.