Seedtime for Fascism: Disintegration of Austrian Political Culture, 1867-1918

by George V. Strong

Overview

This study examines the political culture in Austria-Hungary in the latter half of the 19th century. It analyzes the centrifugal forces that arose from growing ethnic nationalism in the empire and that ultimately overpowered the centripetal forces which held the Austrian-Hungarian "state idea" together. The analysis is applied further to provide an historical explanation of analogous developments in post-1989 Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315293035
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/16/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	977 KB

About the Author

George V. Strong

Table of Contents

1. A Framework of Reference, 2. Nation and State in Danubia: Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces in Austria-Hungary, 1867-1914, 3. Kaiser as Political Icon, 4. The Austrian Idea, 5. Socialism, Nationalism, and National Socialism: Social Democracy's Struggle with National Identity in Austria-Hungary, 6. The Final Transformation: The Impact of Bourgeois Kunst and Kapital on the Austrian Idea, 7. Into the Abyss: The First World War, 8. Socialism: Between the Shoals of Nationalism and Internationalism, 9. Interment, Bibliography, Index, About the Author