Rohkrämer, Thomas (2009) Politische Religion, Civic Religion oder ein neuer Glaube - Walther Rathenaus Vision einer anderen Moderne. In: Der Prototyp der Moderne. Walther Rathenau in der Literatur und Kultur des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Aisthesis, Bielefeld, pp. 195-214. ISBN n/a
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This chapter uses Walther Rathenau to discuss the limitations of the popular, but controversial concepts 'political religion' and 'civic religion'. Rathenau promoted a vaguely religious dimension to politics, but his vision cannot be described with either of these terms. He was neither an unreserved supporter of parliamentary democracy, pluralism and a capitalist market economy nor did he tend towards totalitarianism. He was opposed to the Right, but his concept of a communal economy (Gemeinwirtschaft) strongly influenced the idea of a community of the people (Volksgemeinschaft) so central for Nazism. Rathenau is part of a wider tradition that sought to give the German nation a new communal faith. He was not a Nazi, but the desire he expressed came to play a crucial role in the fatal attraction of National Socialism. The concept of a single communal faith can show the connection between this long tradition and the rise of Nazism.
| Item Type: | Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > History |
| ID Code: | 28120 |
| Deposited By: | Dr Thomas Rohkrämer |
| Deposited On: | 10 Nov 2009 14:13 |
| Refereed?: | No |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2012 12:46 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/28120 |
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