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chapter 1 Max Scheler's Critique and Assessment of Freud's Theory of Libido (1925) -- chapter 2 High-Mindedness (1931) -- chapter 3 The Total State and Civilisation (1933) -- chapter 4 What Is Politics About? (1933) -- chapter 5 Heidegger and National Socialism (1934) -- chapter 6 On Human Equality (1934) -- chapter 7 Othmar Spann's Theory of Totality (1934) -- chapter 8 The Abuse of the Vital (1934) -- chapter 9 Democracy and Reality (1935) -- chapter 10 An Essay on Hatred (1935) -- chapter 11 The Humanitarian versus the Religious Attitude (1944) -- chapter 12 Contemporary British Philosophy and Its Political Aspects (1959) -- chapter 13 Human Dignity Today (1960) -- chapter 14 Dignity (1969) -- chapter 15 The Ghost of the Naturalistic Fallacy (1962) -- chapter 16 ? Defence of Intrinsicalism against 'Situation Ethics' (1970) -- chapter 17 The Moral Emphasis: Obligation, Practice, and Virtue.

"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 p. 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."--Provided by publisher.

Introduction / Francis Dunlop -- I. Papers by Kolnai -- What Is Politics About? -- A Note on the Meaning of Right and Wrong -- Erroneous Conscience -- Are There Degrees of Ethical Universality? -- The Concept of Practical Error -- Actions and Inactions -- Agency and Freedom -- The Indispensability of Philosophy -- II. Papers about Kolnai's Work -- The Ethical Theories of Aurel Kolnai / John Beach -- Kolnai's Mature Political Philosophy / Lee Congdon -- The Democratic Subversion of Political Liberty and Participation / John P. Hittinger -- Liberty, Equality, Nobility : Aurel Kolnai and the Moral Foundations of Democracy / Daniel J. Mahoney -- Aurel Kolnai : A Political Philosopher Confronts the Scourge of Our Epoch / Pierre Manent -- Aurel Kolnai and Utopia / David Wiggins -- Aims in Games and Moral Purposes / Lorand Ambrus-Lakatos -- Kolnai and Kant on (Human) Dignity / Zoltan Balazs -- Kolnai's Dissertation "Der ethische Wert und die Wirklichkeit" : A "Completion" of Scheler's Value-Ethics / Francis Dunlop -- The Nature and Scope of Ordinary Morality : Some Reflections in the Spirit of Aurel Kolnai / M.W.F. Stone -- Is Love Intertwined with Hatred? / Andreas Dorschel -- Kolnai's Idea of Emotional Presentation / Thomas Norgaard -- Aurel Kolnai's "Disgust" : A Source in the Art and Writing of Salvador Dali / Robert Radford