CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION AND NATIONALISM

U tekstu se pomoću teorije nacionalizma analiziraju temeljne ideje konzervativne‎ revolucije. To se čini rekonstrukcijom osnovnih teza političke misli Thomasa ‎Manna, Arthura Moellera van den Brucka, Ernsta Jüngera, Oswalda Spenglera‎i Carla Schmitta. Analizira se način na koji se tumačio odnos jezika i nacije, rata ‎i nacije, liberalizma i nacije, te odnos nacije spram Zapada. Pokazalo se da ‎se smatralo da se u jeziku zrcali duh nacije, da se rat smatrao temeljem nacionalnog ‎identiteta, da se liberalizam smatrao glavnim idejnim neprijateljem njemačkog ‎nacionalnog identiteta te da se odbacivao Zapad, a hvalili Rusija i Dostojevski.‎ Zaključeno je da su osnovu ideologije konzervativne revolucije činili‎ njemački nacionalizam i odbacivanje liberalizma. Istaknuto je da su konzervativni ‎revolucionari zagovarali diktaturu, ali ne i povratak na stari režim monarhije,‎ nego autoritarnu konzervativnu utopiju. Utopijske značajke konzervativne ‎revolucije i danas čine njezine ideje privlačnima radikalnoj desnici.‎The text uses the theory of nationalism to analyse the basic ideas of the conservative ‎revolution. This is done through the reconstruction of the basic theses ‎of the political thought of Thomas Mann, Arthur Moeller van den Bruck,‎ Ernst Jünger, Oswald Spengler, and Carl Schmitt. The analysis is focused on ‎the way in which the relationship between language and nation, war and nation, ‎liberalism and nation, and the nation’s relationship with the West were ‎interpreted. It can be concluded that language was considered to reflect the‎ spirit of the nation, that war was considered as the foundation of national‎ identity, that liberalism was considered to be the main ideological enemy of‎ German national identity, and that the West was rejected while Russia and‎ Dostoevsky were praised. According to this analysis, it can be stated that the‎ German nationalism and the rejection of liberalism were the basis of the ideology‎ of the conservative revolution. Finally, it can be pointed out that though‎ conservative revolutionaries advocated dictatorship, they didn’t advocate a return ‎to the old regime of the monarchy, but an authoritarian conservative utopia. ‎Precisely because of the utopian features of the conservative revolution,‎ its ideas are still appealing to the radical right.