Format:
1 online resource (301 pages)
ISBN:
9780191513428
Series Statement:
Oxford Historical Monographs
Content:
This original study examines the interrelationship between the construction of national identity and the transformation of political thought in Germany before the First World War. By analysing Wilhelmine depictions of the French Third Republic, Hewitson revises accepted interpretations of German politics and nationalism.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1. INTRODUCTION: GERMANY AND THE FRENCH NATION -- 1. National Comparison in the Modern Age -- 2. Three Types of French Nation -- 3. German Depictions of France -- 4. Plan of the Book -- 2. THE GERMAN RECHTSSTAAT AND THE FRENCH POLITICAL STATE -- 1. Politics and the State -- 2. Law, Legality, and Justice -- 3. The Dreyfus Affair -- 3. THE MERGER OF EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COMPETENCIES -- 1. President, Senate, and Assembly -- 2. Party and Faction -- 3. Bureaucracy and Bureaucratization -- 4. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AND THE SPECTRE OF DICTATORSHIP -- 1. Equality, Individualism, and Control -- 2. Competence and Corruption -- 3. Caesarism and the Danger of Collapse -- 4. Republic faute de mieux -- 5. GERMAN REJECTION OF THE FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC -- 1. Diplomats and Statesmen -- 2. Conservatives -- 3. The Centre Party -- 4. The SPD -- 5. Liberals -- 6. CONCLUSION: POLITICS AND THE GERMAN NATION-STATE -- 1. German Perceptions of France's Political Decline -- 2. Parliamentarism and Constitutionalism -- 3. Lawyers, Parties, and Political Regimes -- 4. National Comparison and Constitutional Crisis -- 5. Political Thought and National Identity -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780198208587
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780198208587
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=430939
