The Genesis of German Conservatism / / Klaus Epstein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Epstein, Klaus,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1966
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1764
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (748 p.)

Although Conservative parties did not exist in Germany until after the Napoleonic Wars, there did emerge, around 1770, traceable organized political activity and intellectual currents of a clearly Conservative character. The author argues that this movement developed as a response to the challenge of the Enlightenment in the fields of religion, socioeconomic affairs, and politics- and that this response antedated the impact of the French Revolution. Believing that Conservatism cannot be treated properly as a specialized phenomenon, or simply as an intellectual movement, Professor Epstein correlates it with the political and social forces of the time.Originally published in 1966.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE ORIGINS OF CONSERVATISM (tO 1790) -- Chapter 1. The Enlightenment, the Constellation of Social Forces, and the Rise of Conservatism -- Chapter 2. Masons, llluminati, and Rosicrucians -- Chapter 3. Religious Controversies -- Chapter 4. Social Controversies -- Chapter 5. Political Controversies -- Chapter 6. Justus Moser: Portrait of a Prerevolutionary Conservative -- PAET TWO: THE CHALLENGE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON (1790-1806) -- Chapter 7. Prussia from Frederick the Great to Frederick William III -- Chapter 8. The Habsburg Monarchy from Maria Theresia to Francis II -- Chapter 9. The Challenge of the French Revolution -- Chapter 10. The Conspiracy Theory of the Revolution -- Chapter 11. Rehberg and the Hannoverian School -- Chapter 12. The Napoleonic Revolution in Germany: The End of the Ecclesiastical States and the Imperial Knights -- Chapter 13. The Napoleonic Revolution in Germany: The End of the Imperial Cities and the Final Agony of the Empire -- Chapter 14. Conclusion and Prospectus -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index