RT Article
T1 „Wenn aber die vulkanischen Kräfte aufwachen…“
JF International yearbook for Tillich research
VO 10
IS 1
SP 167
OP 190
A1 Christophersen, Alf 1968-
LA German
PB De Gruyter
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1546291849
AB The theological “eschatologism” of the 1920’s can be described as a radical criticism of traditionally spoken language and a rapid expansion of the historio-semantic universe. In the discourses on the interpretation of time in the Weimar Republic, ‘kairos’ experienced a unique career. The fascinating openness of the word’s concept made it very attractive from a linguistic point of view, but it also meant that it was vulnerable to a takeover by the intellectual elements connected with the National Socialist seizure of power that endeavored to make it their own. This essay picks out one of the most central elements within the kairos discourse: it analyzes both connections between Paul Tillich and controversial sociologist Hans Freyer from Leipzig while presenting contrasts of philosophy of life, political romanticism and religious socialism.
DO 10.1515/tillich-2015-0109