Created in 1982, the research group on Weimar culture has the
following objectives: - Enhance studies on the intellectual
make-up in Germany during the 1920s. Promote interdisciplinary
and pluridisciplinary research in the fields of history,
sociology, philosophy, and literature by building a national and
international structure for exchanges. - Inventory the research
to be performed. - Forge contacts with all institutions likely
to promote this research and to be interested in it. - Spark new
research by guiding and supporting beginning researchers. The
projects being developed for 2007 and 2007 are: - Theories and
philosophies of history from the late 19th century and the first
half of the 20th century. - Philosophical anthropology: its
origins and future. - Ethics and politics. Representations of
history and power in the literature. - Theories and critiques of
sciences of culture in Europe. With these scheduled seminars: -
Walter Benjamin, Writings on French literature. - The crisis in
the philosophy of hi