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THE CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC Also by Roger Woods ERNST HJNGER AND THE NATURE OF POLITICAL COMMITMENT OPPOSITION IN THE GDR UNDER HONECKER, 1971-85: An Introduction and Documentation THE END OF THE GDR AND THE PROBLEMS OF INTEGRATION (co-editor with M. Gerber) UNDERSTANDING THE PAST, MANAGING THE FUTURE: The Integration of the Five New Lander into the Federal Republic of Germany The Conservative Revolution in the Weimar Republic Roger Woods Reader in German University ofN ottingham First published in Great Britain 1996 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-39646-7 ISBN 978-0-230-37585-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230375857 First published in the United States of America 1996 by ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC .. Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth A venue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-12888-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Woods, Roger, 1949-- The conservative revolution in the Weimar Republic I Roger Woods. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-12888-3 l. Germany-Politics and government-1918-1933. 2. Conservatism -Germany. 3. Nationalism-Germany I. Title. DD240.W76 1996 943.085-dc20 95-42058 CIP ©Roger Woods 1996 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1996 978-0-333-65014-1 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WI P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. 10987654321 OS 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 For Diana Contents Acknowledgements ix Introduction: What was the Conservative Revolution? 1 The Significance of the Conservative Revolution: Some Methodological Matters 2 1 The Conservative Revolution and the First World War 7 On Method 7 Images of War 8 Structures of Motivation 14 Weimar Political Culture 28 2 Nietzsche as 'Mentor' 29 Introduction 29 From Germanic to German 31 Nietzsche against Democracy 36 Man's Animal Base 38 Nietzsche the Activist 46 Nietzsche and Oswald Spengler 49 ~~~~ ~ 3 The Conservative Revolution and the Conservative Dilemma 59 Introduction 59 The 'New' Nationalism 61 German Socialism 62 The Call for a Programme 72 Hans Zehrer: Materialism, Romanticism and Myth 88 Ineffable Conservatism: Wilhelm Stapel and the Deutsches Volkstum Circle 100 4 The Conservative Revolution and National Socialism Ill Critical Approaches Ill Ernst Ji.inger and National Socialism: From Adventure to Morality 115 Oswald Spengler and National Socialism: Nietzsche contra Nietzsche 127 Conclusion: Philosophical Continuity 132 vii viii Contents Notes 135 Sources 161 Index 171 Acknowledgements The author wishes to thank the British Academy and the German Academic Exchange Service for supporting research trips to Germany. Thanks are also due to the following for their help in providing access to materials and special collections: Herrn R. Tgahrt of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach; Herrn W. Krimpenfort of the Free University, Berlin. ix
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