The essays in this collection, spanning 1925 to 1970, confirm
Aurel Kolnai's place as one of the great conservative theorists of
the twentieth century. Kolnai carefully analyzes the leading
intellectual positions and thinkers of his day, the dominant social
movements, and the prevailing moral influences--psychoanalysis,
fascism, and National Socialism. He documents how they run counter
to the architecture of civilization.
Kolnai is relatively unknown outside philosophical circles, but
Politics, Values, and National Socialism provides an overview of
his moral philosophy. In most moral philosophy books one finds
pages devoted to the major theories of ethics. This volume is
different. It seeks to address the larger moral question of what
kind of thought works against morality, and by implication, how one
can defend morality.
Eager to protect "the surviving islands of Liberal
Civilization," Kolnai's concern is really one of theory. He shows
that much of what passes for moral theory is subversive of moral
order. All who think that totalitarianism is a permanent threat,
and who suspect that ideas can quickly be dangerously distorted in
times of social unrest, will find plenty of clarifying ideas in
this volume.
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