The idea of Europe from Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1914-1927) in the context of the Conservative Revolution
Abstract
This paper discusses the idea of Europe developed by the Austrian poet Hugo von
Hofmannsthal in the time lapse from the outburst of the First World War to the Weimar Republic.
Hofmannsthal endorses an idea of Europe which at the same time contains, materializes and overcomes
the Nation-States; centered around Austria-Hungary –as long-lasting Empire, nexus with the East,
fluid border and plural community of diverse peoples– instead of Germany –excessively prone to the
Prussian model of an homogenous, self-referential block–. Thus Hofmannsthal distances itself from the
dominant tendencias in the German Conservative Revolution. First this current is portrayed, specially
in the figure of Moeller van den Bruck; next, Hofmannsthal’s reflectaions on war and the Austrian model
are outlined; finally, his proposal of a new idea of Europe is summarised.
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