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11. German Philosophy and the State

The authority principle in German Philosophy Kant as the advocate of absolute state power Kant's moral law. Kant's concept of society The idea of the "eternal peace" and the international league of states Kant and Herder Fichte and the doctrine of the inherent evil in man Fichte and Machiavelli The "self-contained commercial state." Fichte and state socialism Fichte's addresses to the german nation Fichte and…

10. Liberalism and Democracy

The relation of Liberalism to democracy Rousseau's idea of the communal will Rousseau and Hobbes Rousseau as creator of the modern state reaction The social contract and equality before the law Rousseau's conception of right Democracy and dictatorship Rousseau's influence on the French Revolution The Jacobins as will executors of the monarchy

4. The proletarian city and the Second Republic

3. The birth of the republican city

Book II

Book I

Nationalism and culture - Rudolf Rocker

German anarcho-syndicalist Rudolf Rocker's classic text on nationalism and culture.

18. The Nation in the Light of Modern Race Theories

Race research and race theory Concerning the unity of the genus man The alleged original races of Europe Concernlng the concept "race." the discovery of the bloodgroups and the race Physical characters and mental qualities Gobineau's theory of the inequality of the races of men The Aryans history as race conflict Race theory and seignorial right Chamberlain's race theories Chamberlain and Gobineau the german as the…

17. The Nation as Community of Language

The nation as community of language Language and culture Foreign constituents in language Purism and the development of language Literary language and popular speech Religion, science, art, profession, etc., as mediators of new language values Language and imagery The significance of loanwords in language development Oriental symbolism in language Foreign material in native guise Speech and thought Nature and…

16. The Nation as Community of Morals, Custom and Interest

9. Liberal Ideas in Europe and America

Jeremy Bentham and Utilitarianism Priestley and Richard Price Thomas Paine concerning state and society William Godwin's political justice Libertarian tendencies in America From Jefferson to Thoreau Liberal ideas in German literature Lessing on State and Church Herder's philosophy of history Schiller's esthetic of culture Lichtenberg and Seume The personality of Goethe Wieland's Goldner Spiegel Jean Paul Holderlin's…

8. The Doctrine of the Social Contract

The humanists and the doctrine of the social contract, man as the measure of things The origin of the doctrine of natural rights The natural rights of the cynics and stoics till Zeno Natural right and Absolutism, the time of the social Utopias Thomas More and Francois Rabelais The monarchomachi languet's vindiciae contra tyrannos The Dutch Protective League Jesuitism and temporal power Francisco Suarez and the …
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