1. Das Politische Imaginäre.
- Author
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Obracaj, Jan
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SYMBOLISM in politics , *LEGITIMACY of governments , *MONARCHY in literature , *FRENCH Revolution, 1789-1799 , *CONFERENCES & conventions ,ART & the revolution - Abstract
The article reports on a conference about the role of symbols and the imaginary in legitimizing political order, which was held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on October 21-22, 2011. The papers presented addressed such topics as the representation of absolutism in the fables of French poet Jean de La Fontaine, the illustration of critical moments of the French Revolution by French classicist painter Jacques-Louis David, and the epistemological writings of Dutch philosopher Benedict de Spinoza.
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- 2011