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

• Autore: Hewitson Mark
• Pubblicazione: Oxford [England], : Clarendon Press; Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.943; 327.43044
• Soggetto topico: Nationalism - France - History - 19th century; Nationalism - Germany - History - 19th century; Public opinion - Germany - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: France Foreign public opinion, German History 19th century; France Foreign relations Germany; France Politics and government 1870-1940; Germany Foreign relations France; Germany Politics and government 1871-1918
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-283) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Corruption3. 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M ; NO; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. During the decade or so before the war, the German Empire was challlenged openly by both left
• Titolo autorizzato: National identity and political thought in Germany
• ISBN: 1-4294-5808-9; 1-280-44577-7; 0-19-151342-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465608603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford historical monographs.