The Other God That Failed: Hans Freyer and the Deradicalization of German Conservatism

by Jerry Z. Muller

Book Overview

Why did some of the "best and brightest" of Weimar intellectuals advocate totalitarian solutions to the problems of liberal democratic, capitalist society? How did their "radical conservatism" contribute to the rise of National Socialism? What roles did they play in the Third Reich? How did their experience of totalitarianism lead them to recast their social and political thought? This biography of Hans Freyer, a prominent German sociologist and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B001UI9AH0
• ISBN13: 9780691008233
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"