In this issue, we present four studies that explore on a micro level several important aspects of a broader argument for a “New Aufkl€arung/New Enlightenment” – a critical reconsideration of the historicity of Enlightenment as well as a resemanticization of the concept of “Aufkl€arung”, in order to explore new systematic approaches and understandings of Enlightenment within the German-speaking context and its far-reaching implications for the understanding of enlightenment as a procedure and Enlightenment as an era. The origin of the essays goes back to one of the inaugural seminars at the German Studies Association conference in 2013. The frame for the seminar that we mapped out at that time included heuristic suggestions for historical and methodological cornerstones for new and programmatic visions of Aufkl€arung/Enlightenment. To provide the context for the studies presented here, we include this (slightly modified) version of the seminar proposal:

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对于新的 Aufklärung/启蒙

在本期中，我们提出了四项研究，它们在微观层面上探讨了“新启蒙运动/新启蒙运动”的更广泛论证的几个重要方面——对启蒙运动的历史性的批判性重新思考以及对启蒙运动概念的重新语义化。 “Aufkl€arung”，旨在探索德语语境下对启蒙的新系统方法和理解，及其对理解启蒙作为一个程序和启蒙作为一个时代的深远影响。这些文章的起源可以追溯到 2013 年德国研究协会会议的开幕研讨会之一。我们当时制定的研讨会框架包括对 Aufkl 的新和程序化愿景的历史和方法论基石的启发式建议。启蒙/启蒙。