
Philipp Veit, “Germania,” 1848
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1. Fichte and the Destiny of the German Nation
J. G. Fichte (1762–1814), the first of the great post-Kantian German Idealists, is an important figure in the rise of German nationalism – and has often been accused of being one of the founding fathers of National Socialism.
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Wagner Bicentennial Symposium
Wagner’s Place in the Germanic Tradition
Part 1: The Origins of Der Ring des Nibelungen
Part 1 of 5
1. Introduction
Richard Wagner is the man principally responsible for keeping the Germanic mythological tradition alive in the modern world. Countless individuals have been exposed to that tradition through Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, and it is safe to say that at any given moment somewhere in the world some portion of the Ring is being played or performed. Read more …