Elites Against Democracy : Leadership Ideals in Bourgeois Political Thought in Germany, 1890-1933 / Walter Struve.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Struve, Walter, author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 1581

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences).

Political science--Germany--History.

Political science.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (500 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the beginning of the current era of imperialism in the late nineteenth century, there has been a striking contrast between bourgeois political thought in Germany and the West. Walter Struve demonstrates how German political culture went through a phase in which great emphasis was placed on the establishment of a new political elite recruited on the basis of merit and skill, but ruling in an authoritarian way, and not controlled by the populace. He suggests that this type of elitism, many aspects of which were vital to the political culture of Nazi Germany, seems today to be widespread in the West.The development of this concept of an open-yet-authoritarian elite is approached through the analysis of the political ideas and activities of nine elitists, among them Max Weber, Walther Rathenau, and Oswald Spengler. The author relates biography to intellectual, political, social, and economic history, so that his work becomes a study in the political and social context of intellectual history.Originally published in 1973.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I. Intellectual Traditions

PART II. Liberals in Search of Elites

PART III. Conservatives in Search of Elites

Bibliographical Essay

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. 465-475.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780691645865

0691645868

9781400871292

1400871298

OCLC:

903442325