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The genesis of German conservatism.

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 o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Epstein, Klaus
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1966.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
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  • 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 Müser: 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