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Cultural Pessimism and Liberal Regeneration? Wilhelm Röpke as an Ideological In-Between in German Social Philosophy

In: Wilhelm Röpke (1899–1966)

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  • Frans Willem Lantink

    (Utrecht University)

Abstract

Lantink concentrates on analyzing Wilhelm Röpke’s wartime trilogy, classifying it as a missing link in German social philosophy. The trilogy incorporates patterns of thought that can be found in the cultural pessimism of the 1920s, among others in Oswald Spengler. Their rhapsodic textual form resonates with the “intellectual novel” as conceived by Thomas Mann. Röpke is also compared to Dutch historian Johan Huizinga. Röpke’s social utopia shared with Pierre-Joseph Proudhon both objections to centralism and sympathies for small farmers and artisans. Here Lantink reminds how Switzerland already served as an ideal for nineteenth-century anarchists. In addition, Röpke’s volumes are compared to the wartime publications of Hayek and of Adorno and Horkheimer. Finally, Lantink explores Röpke’s ideological relevance for the postwar Christian Democratic Union in Germany.

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  • Frans Willem Lantink, 2018. "Cultural Pessimism and Liberal Regeneration? Wilhelm Röpke as an Ideological In-Between in German Social Philosophy," The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, in: Patricia Commun & Stefan Kolev (ed.), Wilhelm Röpke (1899–1966), pages 187-200, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:euhchp:978-3-319-68357-7_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68357-7_13
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    1. Christ Kevin, 2018. "A Measure of Judgments – Wilhelm Röpke’s Methodological Heresy," ORDO. Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, De Gruyter, vol. 69(1), pages 35-50, July.

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