Elites against democracy : leadership ideals in bourgeois political thought in Germany, 1890-1933 /
Since the beginning of the current era of imperialism in the late nineteenth century, there has been a striking contrast between bourgeois political thought in Germany and the West. Walter Struve demonstrates how German political culture went through a phase in which great emphasis was placed on the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1973.
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Colección: | Princeton legacy library.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Since the beginning of the current era of imperialism in the late nineteenth century, there has been a striking contrast between bourgeois political thought in Germany and the West. Walter Struve demonstrates how German political culture went through a phase in which great emphasis was placed on the establishment of a new political elite recruited on the basis of merit and skill, but ruling in an authoritarian way, and not controlled by the populace. He suggests that this type of elitism, many aspects of which were vital to the political culture of Nazi Germany, seems today to be widespread i. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (500 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400871292 1400871298 0691075557 9780691075556 0691100209 9780691100203 0691618895 9780691618890 |