Cultural radicalism
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Cultural radicalism (Danish: Kulturradikalisme) was a movement in first
Interwar Period
, but its philosophy has its origin in the 1870s and a great deal of modern social commentary still refer to it.
At the time of the height of the cultural radical movement it was referred to as modern. The words cultural radical and cultural radicalism was first used in an essay by Elias Bredsdorff in the
broadsheet newspaper, Politiken
, in 1956. Bredsdorff described cultural radicals as people who are socially responsible with an international outlook.
Cultural radicalism has usually been described as the heritage of
Radikale Venstre, to the magazine Kritisk Revy by Poul Henningsen (PH)
.
The values most commonly associated with cultural radicalism are among others:
anti-militarism and an openness to new cultural input other than the classic western (e.g. jazz
, modern architecture, art, literature and theater).
Internationally
Cultural radicalism is also used outside of Denmark. In Scandinavia, it often refers to the Danish movement, but elsewhere, the concept may just share the etymology. In
culture wars
.
Cultural radicals
- Kjeld Abell
- Edvard Brandes
- Georg Brandes
- Bernhard Christensen
- Mogens Fog
- Poul Henningsen
- Edvard Heiberg
- Viggo Hørup
- Hans Kirk
- Klaus Rifbjerg
- Ove Rode
- Hans Scherfig
- Tøger Seidenfaden
- August Strindberg
See also
- Modern Breakthrough
- Politiken
- Radikale Venstre
- Russian nihilist movement