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Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers

Period of Performance

2/1/1975 - 9/30/1975

Funding Totals

$20,000.00 (approved)
$20,000.00 (awarded)

The Political and Social Thought of Goethe

FAIN: FA-11076-75

Werner J. Dannhauser
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY 14850-2820)

To undertake a study of the social and political thought of Goethe. The study will begin by giving Nietzsche's criticism of Goethe the fullest possible scrutiny, followed by a refutation of Nietzsche's criticism. Among the topics the study will deal with are: Goethe and the French Revolution; Goethe and Napoleon; Goethe on art and religion in society; and Goethe's prognosis of the future of Europe and the "new world."