The German idea of freedom: history of a political tradition. --

Leonard Krieger. Includes Index. Bibliographical References Included In Notes (p. 471-528) Select Bibliography: P. 529-533. The German Idea of Freedom Contents Preface 1. Society and Politics Social and Political Structure of the Territorial State The Dualistic Principality The Transition: From Principality to State The Period of Enlightened Absolutism 2. Constitutional and Political Theory The Absolutists (1650-1750) The Constitutionalists (1750-1789) 3. The Philosophical Bases: Kant and Hegel Kant Hegel 4. The Politics of Reform (1806-1813) Stein Hardenberg Humboldt 5. National Liberation (1813-1815) The Intellectual Preparation: Fichte and Arndt Liberation Nationalism The Response 6. Post-Liberation Politics: Bureaucrats, Constitutionalists, and Radicals (1815-1830) The First Prussian Constitutional Conflict (1815-1823) Constitutional Dualism in Southern Germany (1815-1830) The Constitutions Karl Rotteck and the Theory of Political Dualism The Doctrine of the Rechtsstaat The German Student Unions (1815-1833) 7. The Rise of the Liberal Intellectuals (1830-1850) The Development The Conditions The Ideas The Moderates The Dualists The Radicals The Revolution 8. The Decline of the Liberal Intellectuals (1850-1870) The New Moderates The Old Moderates The New Radicals The Old Radicals The Converts to Conservatism The Doctrinaires The Middle-Class Radicals 9. The Rise and Decline of Institutional Liberalism (1859-1870) The Social Basis The Pressure Groups The Congress of German Economists The National Union The Parties The Progressive Party The National Liberal Party The German People’s Party Epilogue Notes Select Bibliography Index