"Das Gesetz hat zum Schneckengang verdorben, was Adlerflug geworden wäre." : Gewalt und Gesetzlosigkeit im frühmodernen Staat in Schillers Die Räuber / "The law has spoiled to a snail's pace what could have become an eagle's flight." : Violence and lawlessness in the early modern state in Schiller’s Die Räuber

Description

This essay examines the attitudes to violence, crime and law in the late 18th century Western European society based on Friedrich Schiller’s drama Die Räuber. To better understand this topic, the historical background of this work is examined in detail, including records of organized crime, the political situation in the Holy Roman Empire, and the ideas of Enlightenment that were influential at that time. Additionally, violence theory (Gewalttheorie) is used to explain both the motivation of the characters’ violent actions and the influence these actions have on them.

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Tags

Die Räuber

Aufklärung

Gewalttheorie

18. Jahrhundert

Specific Languages

Studier av enskilda språk

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-122254
Date	January 2023
Creators	Ivanishena, Hanna
Publisher	Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR)
Source Sets	DiVA Archive at Upsalla University
Language	German
Detected Language	English
Type	Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Format	application/pdf
Rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess