Epstein, Klaus. <br/><br/>
The genesis of German conservatism. 

 - Princeton, N.J. :  Princeton University Press,  1966. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 733 pages) 
 - Princeton Legacy Library .
 - Princeton legacy library. .
<br/><br/>"Bibliographical essay": pages 677-710. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400868230 1400868238 0691644381 9780691644387 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Conservatism--Germany.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--General.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.<br/>Conservatism.<br/>Intellectual life.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Germany--Intellectual life.<br/>Germany.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DD65  / .E6 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.50943