Ricerc@Sapienza

The figure of Gustav Landauer (1870-1919) is not only important to understand the German revolutionary political panorama after the First World War, but also to understand some basic characteristics of German culture, between anarchism, new communitarianism, collective spiritual vision and refusal of each convention. Starting from a commemorative episode recalled by his friend Martin Buber, the essay aims to explore the political and revolutionary issues of Landauer in the light of this perspective.