What is the political of political Romanticism? Since Carl Schmitt's writings on political Romanticism, it is commonplace to read Novalis, Adam Müller, F. Schlegel, and Eichendorff solely through a political lens. However, what "the political" is in relation to these authors and their texts is far from clear. Romantic authors are known for combining philosophical and aesthetic concepts with political ones. But the question of form remains troubling. The seminar will therefore place the political concepts within a history of political thought while analyzing the texts themselves as literary objects.