„Bilder zukünftiger Vollendung“ – Der freistudentische Serakreis 1913 in den Tagebüchern und Briefen von und an Wilhelm Flitner

Abstract

Conceived as a collage, this essay presents annotated excerpts from diaries and correspondences from the year 1913. It recreates a plethora of voices, especially of young intellectuals, progressive students and artists, focusing on the Sera Circle around the publisher Eugen Diederichs in Jena. Among the voices included are Wilhelm Flitner, who became a professor of education at the University of Hamburg, Rudolf Carnap, who later joined the Vienna Circle, Helene Czapski-Holzman, an artist and student of Max Beckmann, as well as Franz Roh, an art critic, photographer and collage-artist.