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Guillaume II

Guillaume II de Hohenzollern · As King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941) · 1859–1941

Appears in 5 videos · 5 passages, 1 of them in depth.

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions Wilhelm II almost only through a remark attributed to him: at the end of the world, he would withdraw to Mecklenburg, because everything happens there later. He quotes it as early as 2017, in a session on the question of philosophizing between crisis and war, and notes then that Mecklenburg is the land of the Junkers1. He returns to it several times up to 2025, in sessions on different subjects: the idea of a "fresh and joyful" apocalypse2, Clouscard and the metamorphoses of class struggle3, and imaginary identity4. Most of the time he presents the remark as an attribution, in the conditional or with "it is attributed to him." The passages do not say what role the remark plays in each of his lines of reasoning. In addition, in a musicosophy session on Nietzsche against Wagner, it is a participant, not Dominique Pagani, who sees Nietzsche's philosemitism as opposition to Wilhelm II's social policy5.

  1. 1#2.8 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?1 Aug 2017 · 1:08:12
  2. 2Pour une apocalypse "fraiche et joyeuse" ?24 Jun 2024 · 11:38
  3. 3Clouscard : Les métamorphoses de la lutte des classes2 Sept 2024 · 1:02:37
  4. 4L'identité imaginaire15 May 2025 · 16:39
  5. 5Musicosophie 12. Nietzsche (tout) contre Wagner28 Jan 2021 · 1:14:49

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.

Portrait: Guillaume IIWho is this?

Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor from 1888 until his abdication in 1918. His fall from power marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 400-year rule over Prussia. Born during the reign of his granduncle Frederick William IV of Prussia, Wilhelm was the son of Prince Frederick William and Victoria, Princess Royal. Through his mother, he was the eldest of the 42 grandchildren of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. […]

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