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1 online resource (xii, 733 pages) |
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Princeton Legacy Library |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 of the Enlightenment in the fields of religion, socioeconomic affairs, and politics- and that this response antedated the impact of the French Revolution. Believing that Conservatism cannot be treated properly as a specialized phenomenon, or simply as an intellectual movement, Professor Epstein corr |
| Bibliography |
"Bibliographical essay": pages 677-710 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Conservatism -- Germany
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Conservatism
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Intellectual life
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- Intellectual life.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054607
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Germany
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400868230 |
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1400868238 |
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0691644381 |
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9780691644387 |
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