Nobels Vermächtnis, oder die Wandlungen des Idealischen

Klein, Wolfgang

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Nobels Vermächtnis, oder die Wandlungen des Idealischen

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Klein, Wolfgang
Language Acquisition Group, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;

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Klein, W. (1997). Nobels Vermächtnis, oder die Wandlungen des Idealischen. Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik, 107, 6-18.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-32E4-F

Abstract

Nobel's legacy, or the metamorphosis of what is idealistic Ever since the first Nobel prize in literature was awarded to Prudhomme in 1901, the decisions of the Swedish Academy have been subject to criticism. What is surprising in the changing decision policy as well as in its criticism is the fact that Alfred Nobel's original intentions are hardly ever taken into account: the Nobel prize is a philanthropic prize, it is not meant to select and honour the most eminent literary work but the work with maximal benefit to human beings. What is even more surprising is the fact that no one seems to care that the donator's Last Will is regularly broken.