Failure of Illiberalism: Essays on the Political Culture of Modern Germany

by Fritz Stern

Book Overview

Fritz Stern argues that the best way to describe the character of Imperial Germany after 1878 is illiberal, which describes the German commitment in mind and policy against any further concession to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226773167
• ISBN13: 9780226773162
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Recommended reading by Harvard University

I am an entering freshman and this book was recommended in the president's letter to the calss of 2003...it is wonderful~!

Masterful work with great insight into the heart of society.

Stern supplies great insight into the foundations of National Socialism in Germany and its results. However, of greater note, is Stern's ability to convey to his readers that modern nation states need reform and strong nationalistic tendencies to survive. Though I may disagree with many of the assertions in the essay collection, the book should be seen as a landmark analysis of a time that advanced ancient philosophies of government while engendering new forms with comparable impact on society.