The memory of the Habsburg Empire in German, Austrian, and Hungarian right-wing historiography and political thinking, 1918-1941 /
Romsics, Gergely,1977-
Boulder, Colo. : Social Science Monographs ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press,
2010.
By reproducing the political and historiographical debates surrounding the legacy of the Habsburg Empire, this book follows the transformation of historico-political thinking during the two world wars. This transformation began in Germany, where völkish streams of the Conservative Revolution offered a radical new interpretation of history. These reading focused on the unchanging essence of the Volk and treated a certain idea of the Habsburg past as inorganic, "derailing" history and conflicting with the true calling of the German people.
Translated from Hungarian.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 642-693) and indexes.
By reproducing the political and historiographical debates surrounding the legacy of the Habsburg Empire, this book follows the transformation of historico-political thinking during the two world wars. This transformation began in Germany, where völkish streams of the Conservative Revolution offered a radical new interpretation of history. These reading focused on the unchanging essence of the Volk and treated a certain idea of the Habsburg past as inorganic, "derailing" history and conflicting with the true calling of the German people.