Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
Version 1.0, published 5 September 2022
Series Statement:
Compendium heroicum. das Online-Lexikon des Sonderforschungsbereichs 948 „Helden – Heroisierungen – Heroismen“
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Canetti, Elias
;
Held
;
Heroismus
;
Individuum
;
Kollektiv
;
Gruppenidentität
;
Masse
;
Heroisierung
Abstract:
Abstract: It is tempting to think about ‘singular’ heroes and collectives only in terms of complementary opposites and thus to dismiss the ‘heroic collective’ as a paradox that cannot exist. At the same time, various forms of collectives are in fact associated with semantics of the heroic, and they are by no means exotic exceptions to the rule. Therefore, this article will present a systematic consideration of the question of how to understand the intertwining of singularity and plurality – that is, in their most extreme form, the hero and the masses – that goes beyond the dichotomy of one heroic figure versus the collective of ordinary people. This takes the form of a typology that distinguishes between the collective of heroes, the heroic collective, and collective heroism. The order in which these types are presented is based on the logic of each of these phenomena, namely, the degree to which the identity of the individual disappears behind the collective
DOI:
10.6094/heroicum/kolle1.0.20220905
URN:
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2295440
URL:
https://doi.org/10.6094/heroicum/kolle1.0.20220905
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2295440
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