„Bürger“ jako měšťan, poddaný, občan, člověk, či vlastenec? Politická subjektivita v zrcadle dějin pojmů
„Bürger“ as Burgher, Subject, Citizen, Human Being, or Patriot? Political Subjectivity in the Mirror of Conceptual History
Author(s): Václav SmyčkaSubject(s): Cultural history, Applied Linguistics, Comparative history, History of ideas, Political history, Sociolinguistics, Translation Studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro českou literaturu
Keywords: citizen; burgher; patriot; neighbour; conceptual history;
Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the conceptual history of citizenship in early modern Czech and German culture and language. It documents the ambiguity in the meanings of “Bürger” and “mešťan” as “burgher” and “citizen” in Czech and German throughout the 18th century and its consequences for the translation of these concepts until today. It then describes the beginnings of the differentiation of these meanings in Czech during the first half of the 19th century. By showing this dynamic development, the paper challenges the hypothesis that the difference of the meanings in contemporary Czech and German is based on an essential difference between the two cultures.
Journal: Cornova
- Issue Year: 13/2023
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 7-21
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Czech
