The Germanic Review, September 22nd, 1996
Walter Benjamin and Friedrich von Hardenberg believed communities formed a philosophical basis by treating texts as hieroglyphs. Historic agreement on the meaning of text created a community mythology which provided a shared history for its members. Von Hardenberg, writing as Novalis, believed experience inevitably left linguistic traces. Benjamin expanded this idea when he insisted history was the record of human feelings.
With the disappearance of manifest historical traditions and national boundaries that secure cultural identities, the concept of community has become a new target for phil...
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