„Tropentaumel“: Debatten um lebensreformerische „Tropen“-Siedlungen in der Vegetarischen Warte (1898-1928)
Around 1900, some followers of the German Lebensreform migrated to the south in search of a more favourable climate. These experiences were discussed in reformed journals, including the organ of the German Association for Vegetarian Life, the Vegetarische Warte. While some founded settlements in the...
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| Language: | deu |
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Presses universitaires de Strasbourg
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Recherches Germaniques |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rg/12765 |
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| Summary: | Around 1900, some followers of the German Lebensreform migrated to the south in search of a more favourable climate. These experiences were discussed in reformed journals, including the organ of the German Association for Vegetarian Life, the Vegetarische Warte. While some founded settlements in the tropics, others strongly criticised these utopian experiments. The approximately forty letters and articles analysed, published between 1900 and 1928, reveal two fundamental aspects of the relationship to space in this structuring group of the Lebensreform movement. On the one hand, spatial fantasies, fictions constructed to meet the expectations of the reformers, are severely tested by reality. On the other hand, the discussions reveal a problematisation of the space of the Heimat and its task, which reveals a world view shaped by nationalism and racism. |
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| ISSN: | 0399-1989 2649-860X |