The Thinkers Club

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Randy Kryn (talk | contribs) at 14:08, 13 July 2016 (italicize title and first mention, remove italics from caption). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

One version of the cartoon.

The Thinkers Club (German: Der Denker-Club) was a cartoon based on a fictitious group of professors and scholars which was popularized throughout the German Confederation in 1819.

The cartoon depicts the suppression of freedom of expression within the German Confederation under the Carlsbad Decrees, which stipulated for rigorous surveillance and censorship of universities following a surge in student violence and radicalism.The plaque on the left bears the inscription: "The most important question of today's meeting: how long will thinking be allowed to think?" [1]

References

  1. ^ http://www.lwl.org/LWL/Kultur/Aufbruch/themen_start/politik/oeffentlichkeit/staat/index2_html


Flag of GermanyHourglass icon  

This German history article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Thinkers_Club&oldid=729626490"