A Single Communal Faith?: The German Right from Conservatism to National SocialismBerghahn Books, 2007 - 298 Seiten How could the Right transform itself from a politics of the nobility to a fatally attractive option for people from all parts of society? How could the Nazis gain a good third of the votes in free elections and remain popular far into their rule? A number of studies from the 1960s have dealt with the issue, in particular the works by George Mosse and Fritz Stern. Their central arguments are still challenging, but a large number of more specific studies allow today for a much more complex argument, which also takes account of changes in our understanding of German history in general. This book shows that between 1800 and 1945 the fundamentalist desire for a single communal faith played a crucial role in the radicalization of Germany's political Right. A nationalist faith could gain wider appeal, because people were searching for a sense of identity and belonging, a mental map for the modern world and metaphysical security. |
Inhalt
The Weakening of Tradition and the Search for | 27 |
The Emergence of a RightWing | 54 |
Visions of a Spiritual Unification in the German Empire | 84 |
A Single Communal Faith through War? The First World | 121 |
The Right in the Weimar Republic | 142 |
Nazism and the Creation of a Communal WorldView | 188 |
Conclusion | 248 |
Select Bibliography | 259 |
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