Neo-tories : the revolt of British conservatives against democracy and political modernity (1929-1939) /: the revolt of British conservatives against democracy and political modernity (1929-1939). ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Neo-Tories.
• Further Information: Note: Bernhard Dietz ; translated by Ian Copestake.
• Authors: Dietz, Bernhard
• Other Names: Copestake, Ian translator.
• Contents: Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What is a Conservative?; 1.2 The Neo-Tories in British research; 1.3 A â#x80;#x98;conservative revolutionâ#x80;#x99; in Europe?; 1.4 Methods, structure, investigation period, sources; 2 Lost Generation? A Group Biography of the Neo-Tories; 2.1 The â#x80;#x98;lostâ#x80;#x99; generation; 2.2 Journalists and politicians on the right wing of the Conservative Party; 2.3 â#x80;#x98;What I am afraid of is the feminine manâ#x80;#x99;: masculine ideology and anti-feminism 3 Counter-Narratives of History: The Fight for Interpretation3.1 â#x80;#x98;The lie about the Warâ#x80;#x99;: war memoirs in opposition to a pacifist interpretation; 3.1.1 The First World War in British public opinion; 3.1.2 The war books in the British press; 3.1.3 The war books controversy; 3.1.4 The anti-pacifism of the Neo-Tories; 3.2 The historical view of the Neo-Tories; 3.2.1 Tory interpretation of history; 3.2.2 â#x80;#x98;The Inglorious Rebellionâ#x80;#x99;: 1688â#x80;#x93;9 and the Neo-Tories; 3.2.3 The Merry England of the Middle Ages as a golden age; 4 Neo-Toryism as a World View 4.1 Racial and civilizational downfall: degeneration as a central theme4.1.1 Degeneration and national decline? A hundred years of eugenic thought in Britain; 4.1.2 The fear of British degeneration in the interwar years; 4.1.3 Degeneration in the Neo-Tory line of argument; 4.1.4 The city as place of degeneration: anti-urbanism in Neo-Tory political thought; 4.2 Democracy on trial: critique of the system in the land of the Mother of Parliaments; 4.2.1 â#x80;#x98;The twilight of democracyâ#x80;#x99;: the end of democracies as a historical process 4.2.2 The tyranny of the masses: critiques of democracy in Britain after 19294.2.3 â#x80;#x98;The system is not good in England, but in India it will be much worseâ#x80;#x99;: critiques of democracy and the rebellion against the governmentâ#x80;#x99;s plans for India; 4.3 True Toryism: visions of a radical conservatism in opposition to the Conservative Party; 4.3.1 The revival of conservatism as an intellectual force: Criterion, Ashridge, Right Book Club; 4.3.2 The Neo-Toryism of the English Review Group; 4.3.3 Stanley Baldwin: the anti-hero of the Neo-Tories 4.3.4 Absolute monarchy and the corporatist state as goals of Neo-Tory political thought4.4 Italy as example? The response to Italian Fascism among the Neo-Tories; 4.4.1 Fascism and universalism; 4.4.2 The Neo-Toriesâ#x80;#x99; concept of Europe; 4.4.3 The difficulty of a positive reaction to Fascism due to the impact of violence; 4.5 â#x80;#x98;Little use to expel Jews to-day, for we all have become Jewsâ#x80;#x99;: the consensual antisemitism of the Neo-Tories; 4.5.1 British antisemitism: a â#x80;#x98;special path in reverseâ#x80;#x99;?; 4.5.2 Theoretically anchored antisemitism as part of the anti-Whig historiography
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 941.083; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Conservatives -- England -- History -- 20th century; Fascism -- England -- History -- 20th century; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; History -- Modern -- 20th Century; British & Irish history; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472570048; 1472570049
• Related ISBNs: 9781472570024
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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