Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

Synopsis

From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature, Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a revolutionary group of friends based in the small German town of Jena whose modern ideas transformed society and the way we lead our lives today.In the 1790s an extraordinary group of friends changed the world. Disappointed by the French Revolution's rapid collapse into tyranny, what they wanted was nothing less than a revolution of the mind. The rulers of Europe had ordered their peoples how to think and act for too long. Based in the small German town of Jena, through poetry, drama, philosophy and science, they transformed the way we think about ourselves and the world around us. They were the first Romantics.Their way of understanding the world still frames our lives and being. We're still empowered by their daring leap into the self. We still think with their minds, see with their imagination and feel with their emotions. We also still walk the same tightrope between meaningful self-fulfilment and destructive narcissism, between the rights of the individual and our role as a member of our community and our responsibilities towards future generations who will inhabit this planet. This extraordinary group of friends changed our world. It is impossible to imagine our lives, thoughts and understanding without the foundation of their ground-breaking ideas.(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Copyright:

2022

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781529392784

Related ISBNs:

9781529392746

Publisher:

John Murray Press

Date of Addition:

11/10/22

Copyrighted By:

Andrea Wulf

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Narrated By:

Julie Teal

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Science, Biographies and Memoirs, Technology, Philosophy

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Bookshare Staff

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