Projecting on China-German Enlightenment and Volker Braun’s “Great Peace”

Hansjörg Rothe^1,2

¹Klinikum Coburg, Coburg, Germany.
²Danube University, Krems, Austria.

DOI: 10.4236/chnstd.2013.21007                

Abstract

This short report outlines a work in progress which aims at highlighting the role China played in the discussions of Protestantism and early enlightenment in Germany around 1700, and how this crucial phase may be re-interpreted from the standpoint of the 1980ies, when Volker Braun’s drama “Great Peace” again staged arguments illustrated with references to China. The report argues that Volker Braun’s play is an important document of German-Chinese intercultural dialogue, and proposes the project of making a translated version available for the dialogue.

Keywords

Enlightenment; Protestantism; Tai Ping Tian Guo; Germany; Cultural Dialogue; Philosophy; Drama; G. W. Leibniz; C. Wolff; V. Braun

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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