Germany's New Right as Culture and Politics: Culture and Politics (New Perspectives in German Studies)

__Germany's New Right as Culture and Politics__ 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 both a political and a cultural movement. This approach reveals the problems that arise when a political movement seeks to embrace culture as the foundation for a political programme. 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. 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. The New Right is constantly in the public eye in the Federal Republic and has assumed the role of intellectual vanguard of the Right since the start of the seventies. It promotes an assertive nationalism, German cultural distinctiveness and the idea that German Unification should mark the end of discussions about responsibility for the Nazi past. It is hostile to the vision of a multicultural Germany and to European integration. This is the first full-length study in English of Germany's New Right. In political terms the New Right occupies the grey area between the mainstream conservative and the extreme right-wing parties (DVU, NPD, Republikaner). In cultural terms the New Right is caught between the need for reassuring traditions and beliefs and an awareness that the available traditions and beliefs have lost much of their meaning. The author explores what happens when New Right politics meets New Right culture This Is The First Full-length Study In English Of German's New Right. In Political Terms The New Right Occupies The Grey Area Between The Mainstream Conservative And The Extreme Right-wing Parties (dvu, Npd, Republikaner). In Cultural Terms The New Right Is Caught Between The Need For Reassuring Traditions And Beliefs And An Awareness That The Available Traditions And Beliefs Have Lost Much Of Their Meaning. The Author Explores What Happens When New Right Politics Meets New Right Culture.--book Jacket. What Is The New Right? -- From Cultural Hegemony To Cultural Pessimism -- A Cultural Interpretation Of National Socialism -- Values And Programmes -- Conclusion : From Exemplary Thinkers Of Modernity To Living Without Absolutes. Roger Woods. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 171-180) And Index.