The Scandinavian Value Nihilists. The Crisis of Democracy in the 1930s and 1940s

The Scandinavian Value Nihilists. The Crisis of Democracy in the 1930s and 1940s

In the 1930s and 40s many theories were raised about some kind of connection between relativistic or nihilistic moral theories and the rise of totalitarianism in Europe. In Scandinavia these allegations were directed at the adherents of the value nihilistic theory of Axel Hägerström.This article exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johan Strang
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2009-07-01
Series:NORDEUROPAforum - Zeitschrift für Kulturstudien
Subjects:
History of Science
Sweden
Civil Society
Political Parties &
Social Movements
History of Ideas
Age of World Wars
Domestic Politics
Online Access:http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/nordeuropaforum/2009-1/strang-johan-37/PDF/strang.pdf
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Summary:In the 1930s and 40s many theories were raised about some kind of connection between relativistic or nihilistic moral theories and the rise of totalitarianism in Europe. In Scandinavia these allegations were directed at the adherents of the value nihilistic theory of Axel Hägerström.This article explores the ways in which three democratically-minded followers of Hägerström (Ingemar Hedenius, Herbert Tingsten and Alf Ross) struggled to overcome these charges and to reconcile their democratic convictions with Hägerström’s value nihilistic theory.
ISSN:0940-5585
1863-639X

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