Liberty or Equality by Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Erik Ritter von -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Acknowledgments Contents Preface Chapter I. Definitions and Basic Principles Chapter II. Democracy and Totalitarianism: The Prophets

The nineteenth-century political thinkers The contagion of uniformism The illiberalism of democracy The prophets of totalitarianism The menace of the state’s growth The age of collectivism Prophets of the Russian peril Summary

Chapter III. A Critique of Democracy

The basic problem Moral aspects of democracy Difficulties and illusions Self-government Ethics and representation Knowledge Shadows of tyranny Additional aspects of the problem

Chapter IV. Democracy and Monarchy

The question The essence of monarchy The caricature of monarchy Monarchy compared with democracy

A Note on the Problem of Authority Chapter V. The Political Temper of Catholic Nations

The social implications of Catholicism The Catholic character Catholicism and political behaviour Catholicism and the forms of government

Chapter VI. Hus, Luther and National Socialism; The Genesis of a Totalitarian Movement, I

Introduction The prehistory of Lutheranism Lutheranism in the rise of National Socialism The evolution of Protestantism and European politics The other threads in the ideological development to National Socialism

Once more: democracy and liberty The Hussite root of National Socialism The beginnings of the German National Socialist Party Summary

Chapter VIII. Postscript Notes Index