The Conservative Revolution in the Weimar Republic

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Springer, Mar 25, 1996 - History - 173 pages
Embracing some of Germany's best known writers, academics, journalists and philosophers, the Conservative Revolution in the Weimar Republic was the intellectual vanguard of the Right. By approaching the Conservative Revolution as an intellectual movement, this study sheds new light on the evolution of its ideas on the meaning of the First World War, its appropriation of the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, its enthusiasm for political activism and a strong leader, and its ambiguous relationship with National Socialism.
 

Contents

What was the Conservative Revolution?
1
Some Methodological Matters
2
1 The Conservative Revolution and the First World War
7
2 Nietzsche as Mentor
29
3 The Conservative Revolution and the Conservative Dilemma
59
4 The Conservative Revolution and National Socialism
111
Notes
135
Sources
161
Index
171
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ROGER WOODS

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