In a unique application of critical theory to the study of the role of ideology in politics, Jeffrey Herf explores the paradox inherent in the German fascists\' rejection of the rationalism of the Enlightenment while fully embracing modern technology.
Weimar right: Ernst Juenger, Oswald Spengler, Werner Sombart, Hans Freyer, Carl Schmit.
He documents evidence of a cultural tradition he calls \'Reactionary modernism\' found in the writings of German engineers and of the major intellectuals of the.
In a unique application of critical theory to the study of the role of ideology in politics, Jeffrey Herf explores the paradox inherent in the German fascists\' rejection of the rationalism of the Enlightenment while fully embracing modern technology
