The Political Ideology of the Prussian Aristocracy in the Nineteenth Century

FAIN: FA-11268-75

Robert M. Berdahl
University of Oregon (Eugene, OR 97403-5219)

To examine the political conservatism of the Prussian aristocracy of the 19th century. Although the basis of its political ideology was rooted in a pre-modern notion of society, the problems facing them were modern. Aristocracy's survival depended on ability to develop a viable economic basis for power. P.I. maintains that the conservation of the Prussian aristocracy was the product of the constant dialectic between its changing social and economic history.