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In focus: FALSE PATRIOTS - THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were already influential anti-democratic thinkers during the Weimar Republic. These included Edgar Julius Jung and Ernst J\u00fcnger, Arthur Moeller van den Bruck and Ernst Niekisch, Carl Schmitt and Oswald Spengler. Despite certain ideological differences, they all campaigned against liberal democracy. They rejected the Enlightenment and individuality, human rights and pluralism with great eloquence. Even today, there are still followers of these \u00bbclassics\u00ab, particularly amongst the intellectual right-wing extremists of the New Right. A closer look at these authors reveals anti-democratic sentiments, in keeping with the saying: \u00bbTell me who you cite, and I\u2019ll tell you where you stand.\u00ab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u00bbclassics\u00ab mentioned above also influence the AfD, where they find ideological and political support. Their authoritarian ideology can thus continue to exert its anti-democratic influence even a hundred years later. One should therefore be aware of these ideological views and subject them to critical reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armin Pfhal-Traughber<\/strong>, born in 1963, Prof. Dr. phil., political scientist and sociologist, is a full-time lecturer at the Federal University of Public Administration in Br\u00fchl and a visiting lecturer at the University of Bonn. He edits the *Yearbook of Extremism and Terrorism Research*. His most recent publication with Dietz is: \u00bbIntellectual Right-Wing Extremists: The Potential Threat of the New Right\u00ab (2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderation
Robert Misik<\/strong>, Author and journalist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armin Pfahl-Traughber:<\/a>
Political classics of the New Right.
Dietz Verlag, October 2025, \u20ac20<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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