sam binkley wrote:
> Richard:
>
> Thanks for the tip! this all sounds very interesting: I'll check these sources
> and see what I can come up with.
>
> As i understand it, the romantic hero/artist did two things: he/she invoked a
> disafilliation from the modern present (as a corrupt epoch, tarnished and
> fragmentedby modern technology, instrumental rationality, etc), but also the
> romantic subject projected an imaginary affiliation with a remote past, or a
> remote future, where the fragmented subject (divided between passions and reason)
> was resolved into teh heroic character.
Your note interested me. I was occupied 14 days ago with the theme of heroism and the
ideology of
pastoralship /quasi catholicism (Hirten: Sloterdijk / Heidegger). Maybe you could
give me some references of where to seek this roots of ideology.
I am especially interested in the connection between secular "Hirten" and heroism.
Any suggestions ?
>
>From
Dag Helge Moldenhagen ,. Norway.