Conservative Revolutionary Intellectuals in the Weimar Republic and National Socialist Germany: Carl Schmitt, Martin Heidegger, and Ernst Jϋnger

Department Chair

Andrew D. Nicholls, Ph.D., Professor of History

Author

Vincent S. Betts, State University of New York, Buffalo State CollegeFollow

Date of Award

5-2013

Access Control

Open Access

Degree Name

History, M.A.

Department

History and Social Studies Education Department

Advisor

John D. Abromeit, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History

Department Home page

http://history.buffalostate.edu/

First Reader

Georg G. Iggers, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University at Buffalo

Abstract

This thesis will examine the writings and career/life paths of three conservative revolutionary intellectuals during the Weimar Republic and National Socialist Germany. The purpose of this examination is not only to provide an overview of the development of conservative revolutionary thought in Germany after World War I, but also to investigate the influence these intellectuals had on the National Socialists' seizure and consolidation of power. The works and lives of three important intellectuals will be examined: Carl Schmitt, Martin Heidegger, and Ernst Jünger. In combination with scholarly secondary literature, this thesis will be based mostly on translated primary writings.

Recommended Citation

Betts, Vincent S., "Conservative Revolutionary Intellectuals in the Weimar Republic and National Socialist Germany: Carl Schmitt, Martin Heidegger, and Ernst Jϋnger" (2013). History Theses. 19.
https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/history_theses/19