Overview
Jakob Norberg’s research explores conceptions of community in German thought and literature. His first book, Sociability and Its Enemies (Northwestern 2014), examines the search for non-authoritarian forms of collective life after the end of the Second World War and focuses on thinkers such as Hannah Arendt, Carl Schmitt, and Jürgen Habermas. The second book, The Brothers Grimm and the Making of German Nationalism (Cambridge UP 2022), shows how Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm viewed philologists as …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of German Studies
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2022 - Present
German Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Chair of the Department of German Studies
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2021 - Present
German Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Interim Chair of the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
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2024 - Present
Slavic & Eurasian Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Schopenhauer's Politics
Book · January 23, 2025 Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) lived through an era of great political turmoil, but previous assessments of his political thought have portrayed him as a pessimistic observer with no constructive solutions to offer. By assembling and contextualizing Schop ... Link to item CiteRevolutionary Romanticism: Carl Schmitt on Bettina von Arnim
Journal Article The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory · October 2024 This paper looks at Carl Schmitt’s critical analysis of Bettina von Arnim’s works in his book Political Romanticism (1919). Most of the political Romantics who Schmitt discusses are conservative, such as Adam Müller or the mature Friedrich Schlegel. Yet Sc ... Full text CiteThe Infinite Conversation: Carl Schmitt on Parliamentarism and Romanticism
Journal Article Telos · 2024 The paper examines the conceptual architecture of Carl Schmitt's 1924 work The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy. Schmitt famously argues that democracy and parliamentarism are distinct, and that democracy does not require parliamentary institutions. Less ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Princeton University ·
2008
Ph.D.