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Book Review: Frontiers of Faith: Religious Exchange and the Constitution of Religious Identities, 1400–1750.

Book Review: Frontiers of Faith: Religious Exchange and the Constitution of Religious Identities,... BOOK REVIEWS 327 The volume demonstrates the ongoing influence of political romanticism and polit- ical Catholicism upon Austrian conservatism. That tradition began with Adam Miiller, was developed by Karl von Vogelsang and pursued by Karl Lueger, and culminated in the constitution of Dolfuss's Stdndestaat of 1933-38. Yet the volume contains sur- prisingly little on the substance of the Stdndestaat; the romantic organicism of one of its major ideologists, Othmar Spann, is treated in a timeless manner intended to draw attention from its practical political consequences; its most intelligent defender, Erich Voegelin, is not even mentioned. Also studiously ignored is the centrality of anti-Semi- tism-cum-anti-liberalism to the Austrian romantic-Catholic tradition. Remarkably, none of these essays compares the Christian Socials to the German Zentrumpartei, a comparison that would have brought out Austrian peculiarities. The essay by Robert Rill on the Osterreichische Volkspartei demonstrates the ongoing tension during the last half century between, on the one hand , the Catholic, social protectionist heritage of the party with appeal to its social base among peas- ants and artisans, and, on the other hand, the desire of some of its constituents for a more liberal, market-oriented policy. Christian Zeitz's essay on Hayek explores his http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Austrian History Yearbook Cambridge University Press

Book Review: Frontiers of Faith: Religious Exchange and the Constitution of Religious Identities, 1400–1750.

Austrian History Yearbook , Volume 34: 2 – Feb 10, 2009
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Cambridge University Press
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Copyright © Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota 2003
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0067-2378
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10.1017/S0067237800020609
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BOOK REVIEWS 327 The volume demonstrates the ongoing influence of political romanticism and polit- ical Catholicism upon Austrian conservatism. That tradition began with Adam Miiller, was developed by Karl von Vogelsang and pursued by Karl Lueger, and culminated in the constitution of Dolfuss's Stdndestaat of 1933-38. Yet the volume contains sur- prisingly little on the substance of the Stdndestaat; the romantic organicism of one of its major ideologists, Othmar Spann, is treated in a timeless manner intended to draw attention from its practical political consequences; its most intelligent defender, Erich Voegelin, is not even mentioned. Also studiously ignored is the centrality of anti-Semi- tism-cum-anti-liberalism to the Austrian romantic-Catholic tradition. Remarkably, none of these essays compares the Christian Socials to the German Zentrumpartei, a comparison that would have brought out Austrian peculiarities. The essay by Robert Rill on the Osterreichische Volkspartei demonstrates the ongoing tension during the last half century between, on the one hand , the Catholic, social protectionist heritage of the party with appeal to its social base among peas- ants and artisans, and, on the other hand, the desire of some of its constituents for a more liberal, market-oriented policy. Christian Zeitz's essay on Hayek explores his

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Published: Feb 10, 2009

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