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

本项目涉及法学家、普鲁士公务员、政治家和公关人员库诺·冯·韦斯特尔普(1864-1945)。作为从德国威廉明到国家社会主义时期德国保守主义的核心人物，他在保守主义历史的关键时刻对德国保守主义的政治立场和政治组织产生了重大影响。该项目的目的是考察Westarps对保守主义政治文化的影响。这将通过传记方法与对保守主义发展的宏大主题的分析相结合来实现。除了他作为国会议员和德国国家人民党主要政党政治家的角色外，他的重点是Westarps与各种不同政治右翼的协会(verbände)、非正式和有组织的团体以及重要政治人物的密切联系和政治沟通。Westarp广泛的个人记录是本研究的重要基础。研究认为，Westarps立场的发展与最近关于魏玛共和国时期政治权利的研究提出的保守激进主义截然不同。他对共和国的根本拒绝让位于政府的温和。然而，尽管人们可以察觉到保守党的一些元素，但可以证明，他的政治发展与这一类别或任何其他已提出的类别并不一致，例如VernunftrePublic ikanismus。他对君主主义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远离了其他保守派和国家社会党的激进反对。因此，这项研究将强调他独特的公民、斯塔茨布尔格利希强调的民族保守主义。

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.