Germany's New Conservatism : : Its History and Dilemma in the Twentieth Century / / Klemens Von Klemperer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Von Klemperer, Klemens,
• MitwirkendeR: Neumann, Sigmund,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1957
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1947
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.)

This is at once a chapter in the history of ideas and, by reason of its focus on the Weimar Republic, a case study. The author first offers a stimulating approach to a definition of that much abused word, conservatism. He then discusses the new conservatism's roots in such men as Burckhardt and Nietzsche, the various elements of the movement itself, and three major expressions of it-Moeller van den Bruck, Spengler, and Ernst Junger. Finally, he considers the complex relationship between neo-conservatism and Nazism.Originally published in 1957.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 -- FOREWORD. CONSERVATISM: NEW AND OLD -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BACKGROUND -- CHAPTER I. TOWARD A DEFINITION OF CONSERVATISM -- CHAPTER II. THE GENESIS OF THE DILEMMA -- CHAPTER III. THE REVIVAL OF GERMAN CONSERVATISM IN THE YOUTH MOVEMENT AND DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR -- PART II. THE NEO-CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT -- I. THE REVOLUTION OF 1918-1919 AND ITS CONSERVATIVE ASPECTS -- CHAPTER II. THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC -- CHAPTER III. THE LATER YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC -- CHAPTER IV. NATIONAL BOLSHEVISM AND THE NEO-CONSERVATIVES -- PART III. THREE MAJOR EXPRESSIONS OF NEO-CONSERVATISM -- CHAPTER I. THE THIRD REICH OF MOELLER VAN DEN BRUCK -- CHAPTER II. THE PESSIMISM OF OSWALD SPENGLER -- CHAPTER III. THE NIHILISM OF THE EARLY ERNST JÜNGER -- PART IV. NEO-CONSERVATISM AND NATIONAL SOCIALISM -- CHAPTER I. THE FAILURE OF THE FINAL TEST: THE CONVERGING OF THE TWO MOVEMENTS -- CHAPTER II. THE "GOD THAT FAILED" -- CONCLUSION -- POSTSCRIPT, 1968 -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY -- INDEX