TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rohkrämer,Thomas
TI  - A Single Communal Faith?: The German Right from Conservatism to National Socialism 
T2  - Monographs in German History
SN  - 9781800734012
AV  - DD204 .R64 2007
U1  - 320.53/30943 22
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Conservatism
KW  - Germany
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - RELIGION / History
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER 1 PRELUDE: THE WEAKENING OF TRADITION AND THE SEARCH FOR A NEW FAITH IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY --; CHAPTER 2 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: THE EMERGENCE OF A RIGHT-WING NATIONALIST FAITH --; CHAPTER 3 VISIONS OF A SPIRITUAL UNIFICATION IN THE GERMAN EMPIRE --; CHAPTER 4 A SINGLE COMMUNAL FAITH THROUGH WAR? THE FIRST WORLD WAR AS A WATERSHED --; CHAPTER 5 PLAYING WITH FIRE: THE RIGHT IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC --; CHAPTER 6 NAZISM AND THE CREATION OF A COMMUNAL WORLD-VIEW --; CONCLUSION --; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800734012?locatt=mode:legacy
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ER  -