(73.) Spengler, '
Prussianism and Socialism', in Selected
But
Prussianism and "Kultur" are not the problem; they are convenient ways of focusing a general unease on one nation for the purpose of propaganda.
Knox, "Hegel and
Prussianism", Walter Kaufmann (der.), Hegel's Political Philosophy, New York, Doubleday, 1979, s.14.
The comparison invited between the films tells the viewer that National Socialism offers women a more attractive community than Weimar's lingering
Prussianism. In the Deutsche Filmzeitung, C.
"Zionism: Democracy or
Prussianism," a New Republic article published in 1919, expanded this claim by contending that the national philosophy of Zionism is "an extension of the assumptions of liberalism from the individual to the group." (37) For Kallen, Zionism had political import as a theory of group rights that acknowledged the morality of collective preservation.
He proceeded to argue that it would not be huge unions, destructive strikes,
Prussianism and Bolshevism, or even conciliation boards, but instead a fundamental change to the existing wage system that would solve social unrest,(120) According to Dougall, this meant a new system that would follow a producer cooperative where the working farmer borrows money from the capitalist to stock and improve his farm, pays the capitalist a fixed rate of interest, and retains the profits for himself.
They denounced compulsory militarism, scare-mongering, warmongering and
Prussianism. They alleged the League wanted to make subservient workers and was a 'covert conspiracy to militarize the country and to undermine civil liberties'.
Nearly two decades later, in December 1945 and on the birthday of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), 'the grandfather of modern German journalism', (21) Offenburg devoted his evening 'News Review' broadcast on ABC radio to this 'clear-sighted analyst and foe of
Prussianism' who 'is as modern to-day as a century ago and more'.
Thus, going back to Edwardian times, he along with many other Englishmen, saw
Prussianism and the hubristic attitudes of Germany as a potential threat to Europe and to world peace.
(101) It is likely that the frequently summoned spectre of '
Prussianism' frightened some workers and influenced some votes, but this does not mean the legend is true.
(131) But in general, in the Prussian areas, Liberal activities expressed conservative values such as loyalty to the State and Kaiser, belief in a state of law and authority (Recht und Obrigkeit Staat) and support of
Prussianism. (132) The special character of Popular Liberalism in Greater Swabia is all the more remarkable in view of the environment in which it operated.
I think, but am not sure, because Foerster represented right-wing reaction and
Prussianism. To the end, Wagner retained some kind of socialist idealism, and his was in part a left-wing, anti-banker anti-Semitism.