Title National identity and political thought in Germany : Wilhelmine depictions of the French Third Republic, 1890-1914 / Mark Hewitson

Published Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (x, 288 pages) Series Oxford historical monographs Oxford historical monographs. Contents 1. Introduction: Germany and the French nation -- National comparison in the modern age -- Three types of French nation -- German depictions of France -- 2. The german Rechtsstaat and the French political stste -- Politics and the state -- Law, legality, and justice -- The Dreyfus affair -- 3. The merger od executive and legislative competencies -- President, Senate, and Assembly -- Party and faction -- Bureaucracy and bureaucratization -- 4. Universal suffrage and the spectre of dictatorship -- Equality, individualism, and control -- Competence and corruption -- caesarism and the danger of collapse -- Republic faute de mieux -- 5. German rejection of the French parliamentary republic -- Diplomats and statemen -- Conservatives -- The Centre Party -- The SPD -- Liberals -- 6. Conclusion: Politics and the German nation-state -- German perceptions of France's political decline -- Parliamentarism and constitutionalism -- Lawyers, parties, and politicval regimes -- National comparison and constitutional crisis -- Political thought and national identity Summary "This study examines the interrelation between the construction of national identity and the transformation of political thought in Germany before the First World War. During the decade or so before the war, the German Empire was challenged openly by both right and left for the first time since the 1870s. Paradoxically, however, this pre-war crisis of Germany's system of government occurred during a period of increasing nationalism, which created a solid cross-party basis of support for the Empire as a nation-state. This study argues that Wilhelmine debates about the reform of the German Empire can only be understood in the context of a broader discussion and a comparison of European and American political regimes which took place in Germany after the turn of the century. In such contemporary debates about a German Sonderweg, France remained a principal point of reference because French style parliamentarism had come to be viewed as the main alternative to German constitutionalism. By analysing Wilhelmine depictions of the Third Republic, Dr. Hewitson revises accepted interpretations of German politics and nationalism."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-283) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Public opinion -- Germany -- History -- 19th century Nationalism -- France -- History -- 19th century Nationalism -- Germany -- History -- 19th century Diplomatic relations Nationalism Politics and government Public opinion Public opinion, German Politische Identität Politisches Denken Frankreichbild Nationalbewusstsein Derde Republiek (Frankrijk) Beoordeling. Politieke stelsels. Nationale identiteit. SUBJECT Germany -- Foreign relations -- France. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054523 France -- Foreign public opinion, German -- History -- 19th century France -- Foreign relations -- Germany. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051253 France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051483 Germany -- Politics and government -- 1871-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054634 Subject France Germany Deutschland Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 1429458089 9781429458085 1280445777 9781280445774 0191513423 9780191513428

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