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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hewitson, Mark.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs.

Oxford historical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--France--History--19th century.

Nationalism.

Nationalism--Germany--History--19th century.

Public opinion--Germany--History--19th century.

Public opinion.

France--Foreign public opinion, German--History--19th century.

France.

France--Foreign relations--Germany.

France--Politics and government--1870-1940.

Germany--Foreign relations--France.

Germany.

Germany--Politics and government--1871-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 288 pages)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. - ;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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-283) and index.

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ISBN:

1-4294-5808-9

1-280-44577-7

0-19-151342-3

OCLC:

437115684