03826nam 2200601 a 450 991095583740332120251117115844.00-8262-6399-2(CKB)1000000000001531(SSID)ssj0000107758(PQKBManifestationID)12026410(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000107758(PQKBWorkID)10036362(PQKB)10602185(MiAaPQ)EBC3570670(Au-PeEL)EBL3570670(CaPaEBR)ebr10001723(OCoLC)614519090(BIP)11494266(BIP)47881493(EXLCZ)99100000000000153119981110d1999 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe authoritarian state an essay on the problem of the Austrian State /translated from the German by Ruth Hein ; edited with an introduction by Gilbert Weiss ; historical commentary on the period by Erika WeinzierlColumbia University of Missouri Pressc1999396 pThe collected works of Eric Voegelin ;v. 4Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1235-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Introduction -- Historical Commentary on the Period by Erika Weinzierl English translation by Fred Lawrence -- contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I "Total" and "Authoritarian" as Symbols -- Part II The Austrian Constitutional Problem after 1848 -- Part III The Authoritarian Constitution since 1933 -- Bibliography to Part III -- Appendix The Change in the Ideas on Government and Constitution in Austria since 1918* -- Index.Published in Vienna in 1936, The Authoritarian State by Eric Voegelin has remained virtually unknown to the public until now. Sales of the German edition were halted following the Nazi invasion of Austria in 1938, & the entire printing was later destroyed by wartime bombing. In this volume, Voegelin offers a critical examination of the most prominent European theories of state & constitutional law of the period while providing a political & historical analysis of the Austrian situation. He discusses the dismissal of Parliament in 1933, the civil war, the murder of Federal Chancellor Dollfuss, the adoption of the "Authoritarian Constitution" of 1934, & the predicament of being sandwiched between Hitler & Mussolini. A radical critique of Hans Kelsen's pure theory of law lies at the heart of this work, marking Voegelin's definitive departure from Neo-Kantian epistemology. For the first time, Voegelin elaborates on the important distinction between theoretical concepts & political symbols as a basis for explaining the nontheoretical & speculative character of ideologies, both left & right. He shows that total & authoritarian are symbols of ideological self-interpretation that have no theoretical value, a distinction basic to his later work in The New Science of Politics. Available for the first time in English, The Authoritarian State is a valuable addition to the Voegelin canon & to the field of intellectual history in general.Constitutional historyAustriaAuthoritarianismAustriaAustriaPolitics and government1918-1938Constitutional historyAuthoritarianism193 s342.436/029Voegelin Eric1901-1985.143375Hein Ruth1872302Weiss Gilbert305363MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955837403321The authoritarian state4481427UNINA