Political journal with advertisement of learned and other matters
The magazine Political Journal along with advertisements for scholarly and other matters (usually just referred to as the Political Journal ) was one of the first in Europe. It appeared between 1781 and 1840 in Altona (then Holstein , now part of Hamburg ) and was created by a society of scholars under the direction of Gottlob Benedikt von Schirach (1743–1804; publicist, historian, Danish legation councilor ); later published by his son Wilhelm Benedict von Schirach (1779–1866; lawyer and publicist) until 1840.
The Political Journal developed into one of the German-language magazines with the highest circulation at the time and was judged to be one of the best and most important magazines in northern and central Germany on their wedding day . One of the readers of the Political Journal was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (who exchanged it with Charlotte von Stein ).
content
According to the cover text, the aim of the Political Journal was to provide “a complete epitome of all strange political events and at the same time a collection of as yet unknown statistical and other interesting memorabilia”.
The Political Journal mostly contained continuous, sometimes very long texts as well as e.g. T. tables. The content essentially consisted of political, economic, historical and military discussions and reports from or about Germany, European countries and z. Sometimes also non-European countries. Reports on other topics such as book reviews, mixed up news, etc. were also published. The articles (and letters) contained were in part from correspondents .
Alignment
At the beginning, the Political Journal pursued the spirit of the Enlightenment , but under the influence of the French Revolution and its excesses developed into a journalistic counterpart to revolutionary ideas.
The anti-revolutionary attitude of the Political Journal and its head Gottlob Benedikt von Schirach led to hostility from Georg Friedrich Rebmann , one of the most committed advocates of the ideas of the French Revolution, as well as from Adolph Freiherr Knigge , who accused him of the "truths" in his reports would falsify ("beschirachen").
Appearance
The Political Journal appeared monthly on the last or penultimate day of the month and each contained around 100 pages and had a very handy format of around 11 cm × 21 cm and a gray cover. The twelve issues a year had consecutively numbered pages each year and are summarized in one volume for each half-year.
Others
The Political Journal could be subscribed to at post offices .
Sources and web links
- Norbert Flörken (Ed.): The French Revolution in the Political Journal of the GB von Schirach 1789-1794. 4 parts Norderstedt 2019, Books on Demand ISBN 9783750411364 (part 1)
- Title page and table of contents of the Political Journal
- Entry "Schirach" in Herders Conversations-Lexikon ( Freiburg im Breisgau , 1857) ( online at zeno.org)
- Assessment of the Political Journal and Gottlob Benedikt von Schirachs: See antiqbook.de and buchweb.de
- Assessment of the Political Journal : Göttinger Bibliotheksschriften 13; ( Göttingen , 2000) ( online at webdoc.sub.gwdg.de (PDF; 2.4 MB))
- On the assessment of Rebmann and Knigge : Hans-Werner Engels - Georg Kerner (1770–1812) and the Philanthropic Society in Hamburg ( online at collasius.org)
- Jeremy D. Popkin - Political Communication in the German Enlightenment: Gottlob Benedikt von Schirach's Political Journal ( online at muse.jhu.edu (English))