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Anti-liberal Europe New German Historical Perspectives Series Editor: Paul Betts (Executive Editor), St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford Established in 1987 this special St. Antony’s series on New German Historical Perspectives showcases pioneering new work by leading German historians on a range of topics concerning the history of modern Germany and Europe. Publications address pressing problems of political, economic, social, and intellectual history informed by contemporary debates about German and European identity, providing fresh conceptual, international, and transnational interpretations of the recent past. Volume 1 Volume 4 Historical Concepts between Eastern Popular Historiographies in the and Western Europe 19th and 20th Centuries: Cultural Edited by Manfred Hildermeier Meanings, Social Practices Edited by Sylvia Paletschek Volume 2 Crises in European Integration: Volume 5 Challenges and Responses 1945–2005 A Revolution of Perception? Edited by Ludger Kühnhardt Consequences and Echoes of 1968 Edited by Ingrid Gilcher-Holtey Volume 3 Work in a Modern Society: The Volume 6 German Historical Experience in Anti-liberal Europe: A Neglected Story Comparative Perspective of Europeanization Edited by Jürgen Kocka Edited by Dieter Gosewinkel Anti-liberal Europe A Neglected Story of Europeanization Edited by DieterGosewinkel berghahn N E W Y O R K • O X F O R D www.berghahnbooks.com Published in 2015 by Berghahn Books www.berghahnbooks.com © 2015 Dieter Gosewinkel All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposes of criticism and review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Anti-liberal Europe: a neglected story of Europeanization / edited by Dieter Gosewinkel. pages cm. -- (New German historical perspectives; volume 5) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-78238-425-0 (hardback: alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-78238-426-7 (ebook) 1. Liberalism--Europe--History--20th century. 2. Political culture--Europe- -History--20th century. 3. Nationalism--Europe--History--20th century. 4. European federation. 5. National characteristics, European. 6. Europe-- Civilization--20th century. I. Gosewinkel, Dieter, 1956- editor of compilation. JC574.2.E85A67 2014 320.5094--dc23 2014019627 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-78238-425-0 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-78238-426-7 (ebook) For Claire Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgements x Part I. Concepts Introduction 3 Anti-liberal Europe – A Neglected Source of Europeanism Dieter Gosewinkel 1. T he Elusiveness of European (Anti-)liberalism 33 Michael Freeden Part II. Anti-liberalism: A Feature of Colonial and Conservative Concepts of Europe 2. E urope as a Colonial Project: A Critique of its Anti-liberalism 47 Fabian Klose 3. F acing the Future Backwards: ‘Abendland’ as an Anti-liberal 72 Idea of Europe in Germany between the First World War and the 1960s Vanessa Conze 4. T he Call for a New European Order: Origins and Variants 90 of the Anti-liberal Concept of the ‘Europe of the Regions’ Undine Ruge viii Contents Part III. A nti-liberal Europe in Dictatorships and their Aftermath 5. T he ‘New European Order’ of National Socialism: Some 105 Remarks on its Sources, Genesis and Nature Jürgen Elvert 6. T hree Kinds of Collaboration: Concepts of Europe and 128 the ‘Franco-German Understanding’ – The Career of SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Krukenberg Peter Schöttler 7. C ommunist Europeanism: A Case Study of the GDR 157 Jana Wuestenhagen Afterword The Limits of an Anti-liberal Europe 179 Martin Conway Notes on Contributors 191 Index 195 Illustrations 6.1 Krukenberg in Paris, late 1920s. 134 6.2 Krukenberg, far right, at Wildflecken, 1945; in the centre: 138 Léon Degrelle. 8.1 ‘Races of Europe’ map, taken from Sumner Welles, Postwar 182 Planning and the Quest for a New World Order 1937–1943 by Christopher D. O’Sullivan.
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