Traditionalism, kulturpessimismus, modern: to ideological sources German «conservative revolution»

The phenomenon German «conservative revolution» in the Weimar republic is the difficult ideological phenomenon of the German history of the mezhvoenny period. Being on limit of traditional conservatism and right radicalism, in the ideological relation «conserva-tive revolution» in the world outlook and ideological plan developed in line with the main conceptual approaches of the German conservatism of the first half of the XX century: traditionalism, kulturpessimizm and acceptance of spirit of a modernist style. These trends defined ideological and political evolution of various directions of the German conservatism during the specified period: from moderated to its farright forms. Representatives of «conservative revolution» in the teoretiko-methodological concepts in the field of philosophy, culturologists, political science, law carried out quite successful synthesis of various tendencies of the German conservatism 1920 - the 1930th. In ideology of "conservative revolution" national myths of the German history, otrefleksirovanny in the spirit of vitalism and an irrationalism, cultures pessimism and political romanticism situationally connected. Representatives of «conservative revolution» in the teoretiko-methodological concepts in the field of philosophy, culturologists, political science, law carried out quite successful synthesis of various tendencies of the German conservatism 1920 - the 1930th. In ideology of «conservative revolution» national myths of the German history, otrefleksirovanny in the spirit of vitalism and an irrationalism, cultures pessimism and political romanticism situational-ly connected. But, in too time «conservative revolutionaries» had clear understanding not of opportunity to keep tradition within the doburzhuaznykh of public and economic structures and in this regard they acted as apologists of various versions of «a reactionary modernist style». Therefore, despite the appeal to traditional values, desire to position itself true defenders of the German spirit, «conserva-tive revolutionaries far were beyond tradition. It led to transformation of both the understanding of tradition, and interpretations of its intrinsic signs. On the example of Shpengler, Freier and Yunger's cultural and historical and political concepts the author shows consecutive process of search of possibility of synthesis of traditionalism, kulturpessimizm, modernist style, culture and a civilization through equipment, as the most characteristic expression of a civilization during a modernist style era. The author draws a conclusion that the dichotomy of tradition and the present was comprehended by «conservative revolutionaries» at the new theoretical and practical (political) level: as a problem of preservation of culture and tradition in operating conditions of an industrial civilization. This problem was solved ideologists of «conservative revolution» only in «conservatively revolutionary» a radical key. For them there was no question that the tradition or the present is more preferable, they understood and accepted inevitability of approach of a modern industrial civilization. «conservative revolutionaries» saw the main objective in development of philosophical, political and social projects of synthesis of tradition with an industrial civilization.

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