Germany's New Right as Culture and Politics

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Roger Woods

   Pages 1-6

3. What is the New Right?

   • Roger Woods

   Pages 7-24

4. From Cultural Hegemony to Cultural Pessimism

   • Roger Woods

   Pages 25-64

5. A Cultural Interpretation of National Socialism

   • Roger Woods

   Pages 65-91

6. Values and Programmes

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   Pages 93-129

7. Conclusion: From Exemplary Thinkers of Modernity to Living without Absolutes

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   Pages 131-141

8. Back Matter

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This is the first full-length study in English of the New Right in Germany and it breaks new ground by considering the New Right as a political and a cultural movement. The book examines the often contradictory motives that feed into New Right political pronouncements and explores the cultural thinking that feeds into extreme political commitment.

• Christianity
• culture
• fascism
• Germany
• identity
• National Socialism
• nationalism
• politics
• revolution
• socialism
• european union politics

'Woods has written a thought-provoking and informative account.' Peter Thompson, Modern Language Review

• University of Nottingham, UK

  Roger Woods

ROGER WOODS is Professor of German at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has published on Ernst Jünger, the Conservative Revolution in the Weimar Republic, opposition in the GDR under Honecker, problems of German Unification, East German intellectuals before and after Unification and he is currently working on 20th Century Germany Autobiography.

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