Germany's 19th century Cassandra: the liberal federalist Georg Gottfried Gervinus

The political-intellectual life of the literary historian and liberal, G. G. Gervinus (1805-1871) extended from Metternich's restorations to Bismarck's unification. From youth, Gervinus played a leading role in the movement for liberal reform and German unity. After the 1848 Revolution, ho...

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Main Author: Wagner, Jonathan F. 1940- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] Lang 1995
Series:[American university studies / 09] 175
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Summary:The political-intellectual life of the literary historian and liberal, G. G. Gervinus (1805-1871) extended from Metternich's restorations to Bismarck's unification. From youth, Gervinus played a leading role in the movement for liberal reform and German unity. After the 1848 Revolution, however, he became an outspoken democrat advocating a German republic. This turn to the left caused him to oppose Bismarck's unification
Despite the scorn of nationalists and liberals, Gervinus denounced the new German Empire for its violation of Germany's historic federalism, its too-heavy reliance on militarism and its anti-democratic institutions. With uncanny prescience, Gervinus predicted war, enmity, and disaster for Germany. Ironically, recent German unification has come about in the shape Gervinus demanded in 1870-71; namely, in a republican, liberal and federalist form
Physical Description:XV, 222 S.
ISBN:0820427012

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