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'''Jean Baptista von Schweitzer''' (July 12, 1833 – July 28, 1875) was a German [[politician]] and dramatic [[poet]] and playwright. |
'''Jean Baptista von Schweitzer''' (July 12, 1833 – July 28, 1875) was a German [[politician]] and dramatic [[poet]] and playwright. |
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==Life== |
==Life and political career== |
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Schweitzer was born at [[Frankfurt am Main]], of an old aristocratic [[Catholic]] family. He studied [[law]] in [[Humboldt University of Berlin|Berlin]] and [[university of Heidelberg|Heidelberg]], and afterwards practised in his native city. He was, however, generally more interested in politics and literature than law.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} |
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Schweitzer was attracted by the [[social democratic]] movement, then led in Germany by [[Ferdinand Lassalle]]. Lassalle defended him from calls for his expulsion from the movement after he was convicted of a morals charge for [[homosexuality|homosexual]] activities in 1862, arguing that sexuality "ought to be left up to each person" whenever no one else is harmed.<ref>Detlef Grumbach, "Die Linke und das Laster," in Detlef Grumbach ed., ''Die Linke und das Laster'' (Hamburg: [[Männerschwarm]], 1995), 21.</ref> |
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He studied [[law]] in [[Humboldt University of Berlin|Berlin]] and [[university of Heidelberg|Heidelberg]], and afterwards practised in his native city. He was, however, generally more interested in politics and literature than law.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} |
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After Lasalle's death in 1864 Schweitzer became president of the [[General German Workers' Association]] ({{lang-de|Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiter-Verein}}, ADAV). The ADAV began fracturing soon thereafter, as disputes over whether to cooperate with [[Otto von Bismarck]]'s government led [[Wilhelm Liebknecht]] and others to leave the ADAV in the years after 1864. Liebknecht and [[August Bebel]] founded the [[Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany]] (German: Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, SDAP) in 1869. |
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He was attracted by the [[social democratic]] labour movement and after the death of [[Ferdinand Lassalle]], in 1864, he became president of the General Working-men's Union of Germany, and in this capacity edited the ''[[Sozialdemokrat]]'', which brought him into frequent trouble with the [[Prussia]]n government.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} |
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| ⚫ | Schweitzer edited the ''[[Der Sozialdemokrat|Sozialdemokrat]]'', which brought him into frequent trouble with the [[Prussia]]n government.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} In 1867 he was elected to the parliament of the North German Federation. In 1868, he coined the term "[[democratic centralism|democratic centralization]]" to describe the structure of his organization. On his failure to secure election to the [[German Reichstag]] in 1871, he resigned the presidency of the ADAV and retired from political life.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} The ADAV later merged with the SDAP at the [[Gotha]] Congress in 1875 to form the Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (German: Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, SAPD) |
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He was arrested and charged with the crime of [[homosexuality]] but key people within the Social Democrats still supported him.<ref>Detlef Grumbach, "Die Linke und das Laster," in Detlef Grumbach ed., ''Die Linke und das Laster'' (Hamburg: [[Männerschwarm]], 1995), 21.</ref> |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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Revision as of 01:53, 22 February 2022
Jean Baptista von Schweitzer (July 12, 1833 – July 28, 1875) was a German politician and dramatic poet and playwright.
Life and political career
Schweitzer was born at Frankfurt am Main, of an old aristocratic Catholic family. He studied law in Berlin and Heidelberg, and afterwards practised in his native city. He was, however, generally more interested in politics and literature than law.[1]
Schweitzer was attracted by the social democratic movement, then led in Germany by Ferdinand Lassalle. Lassalle defended him from calls for his expulsion from the movement after he was convicted of a morals charge for homosexual activities in 1862, arguing that sexuality "ought to be left up to each person" whenever no one else is harmed.[2]
After Lasalle's death in 1864 Schweitzer became president of the General German Workers' Association (German: Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiter-Verein, ADAV). The ADAV began fracturing soon thereafter, as disputes over whether to cooperate with Otto von Bismarck's government led Wilhelm Liebknecht and others to leave the ADAV in the years after 1864. Liebknecht and August Bebel founded the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (German: Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, SDAP) in 1869.
Schweitzer edited the Sozialdemokrat, which brought him into frequent trouble with the Prussian government.[1] In 1867 he was elected to the parliament of the North German Federation. In 1868, he coined the term "democratic centralization" to describe the structure of his organization. On his failure to secure election to the German Reichstag in 1871, he resigned the presidency of the ADAV and retired from political life.[1] The ADAV later merged with the SDAP at the Gotha Congress in 1875 to form the Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (German: Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, SAPD)
He died in Switzerland in 1875.
Works
Schweitzer composed a number of dramas and comedies, of which several for a while had considerable success. Among them may be mentioned:
- Alcibiades (Frankfurt, 1858)
- Friedrich Barbarossa (Frankfurt, 1858)
- Canossa (Berlin, 1872)
- Die Darwinianer (Frankfurt, 1875)
- Die Eidechse (Frankfurt, 1876)
- Epidemisch (Frankfurt, 1876)
He also wrote one political novel, Lucinde oder Kapital und Arbeit (Frankfurt, 1864).
References
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Detlef Grumbach, "Die Linke und das Laster," in Detlef Grumbach ed., Die Linke und das Laster (Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 1995), 21.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Schweitzer, Jean Baptista von". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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