Kuno Graf Westarp (1864-1945) and the Political Culure of Conservatism from the German Empire to the National Socialism

这个项目涉及法学家、普鲁士公务员、政治家和公关家库诺·冯·韦斯塔普（1864-1945）。作为德国保守主义从威廉德国到国家社会主义时期的关键人物，他在这一时期保守主义历史的关键时刻对政治立场和组织产生了重大影响。该项目的目的是考察西方对保守主义政治文化的影响。这将通过将传记方法与对保守主义发展的重大主题的分析相结合来完成。除了他作为国会议员和德国民族人民党（National Peoples party）的主要政党政治家的角色之外，重点是westarp与协会（Verbände）、非正式和有组织的团体以及异质政治权利的重要政治人物的密切联系和政治沟通。Westarp的大量个人记录是本研究的重要基础。本研究认为，Westarp立场的发展与最近关于魏玛共和国期间政治权利的研究所提出的保守激进化非常不同。他对共和政体的根本排斥让位于政府的温和。然而，尽管人们可以发现保守党保守主义的一些元素，但可以证明他的政治发展并不符合这个或任何其他已经提出的类别，例如vernuntrepublikanismus。他对君主制的立场和对民主的反对存在着显著的连续性，这限制了他适应共和国家的能力。与此同时，他在适应方面的智力发展使他与其他保守派和国家社会主义者的激进反对派隔绝开来。因此，该研究将强调他独特的公民，国家<s:1> gerlich强调国家保守主义。

This project deals with the jurist, Prussian civil servant, politician and publicist Kuno von Westarp (1864-1945). As a key figure of German conservatism during the period from Wilhelmine Germany up to National Socialism, he exerted significant influence on political positions and organizations at critical junctures in the history of conservatism during this time. The aim of the project is to examine Westarps impact on the political culture of conservatism. This will be done by combining a biographical approach with an analysis of grand themes of the development of conservatism. Next to his role as a Reichstag deputy and leading party politician of the German National Peoples Party, the focus is on Westarps close connections and political communication with the associations (Verbände), informal and organized groups and important political figures of the heterogeneous political Right. The extensive personal records of Westarp are an important basis of this studyThe study argues that the development of Westarps positions was quite unlike the conservative radicalization which has been proposed by recent studies with respect to the political Right during the Weimar Republic. His fundamental rejection of the republic gave way to governmental moderation. However, though one may detect some elements of Tory conservatism, it can be demonstrated that his political development does not coincide with this or any other category that has been proposed, such as Vernunftrepublikanismus. There existed remarkable continuities with respect to his positions on monarchism and his opposition against democracy which limited his ability to adapt to the republican state. At the same time his intellectual development of adaptation isolated him from the radical opposition of other conservatives and National Socialists. Thus the study will stress his peculiar civic, staatsbürgerlich accentuated national conservatism.