The Cultural Hero of Sentimentalism at the Dramatic Crossroads of Politics and Arts

The paper suggests a typology of the cultural hero sentimentalism, defining basic features his worldview. archetypal figure is component myth designed to give people clear explanation world and rules for ideology collective identity. sentimentalism embodies one most important paradigms in value spectrum Age Enlightenment, which based on then-idealized ideas ofsensuality, heartfulness, naturalness. sentimentalist New primarily genius artist, writer, composer, because it creativity, acknowledgement current moment one’s own internal psychological “emotional matrices” (Andrey Zorin) that became modern form heroism. In states at stage national formation, such as Germany during heyday not only stabilizes political situation but also becomes embodiment idea. Accordingly, this stage, has dual identity sorts, being both citizen rebel, which, combined with their oscillations between “natural life” desire influence social processes, emphasizes fundamental dichotomy.