The genesis of German conservatism.

By:

Epstein, Klaus

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Princeton legacy libraryPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1966.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 733 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781400868230
1400868238
0691644381
9780691644387

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Genesis of German conservatism.DDC classification:

320.50943

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DD65 .E6

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Contents:

Preface ; Acknowledgments ; CONTENTS; 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 M�user: Portrait of a Prerevolutionary Conservative ; PART 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

Summary: 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 corr.

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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 corr.

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