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Goethe's Faust and the Drama of European Modernity

The contention of this paper is that Goethe's ‘Faust’ is creatively and critically engaged in the task of defining and evaluating European modernity. Goethe suggests that the values of subjectivity, scientism, speed, and secularization are central to the dynamism and destructiveness of modem culture. Both thematically and stylistically the ‘Faust’ project expresses and takes issue with the transgressive energies of the modem.