caa a22 4500 606152792 CHVBK 20210128100550.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-014-9448-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-014-9448-z Weber Peter Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University, 550 West North Street, Suite 301, 46202, Indianapolis, IN, USA aut The Paradoxical Modernity of Civil Society: The Weimar Republic, Democracy, and Social Homogeneity [Elektronische Daten] [Peter Weber] Civil society theory has rarely been applied to the demise of the Weimar Republic. Emphasizing either the absence of intermediary organizations or the negative nature of Germany's associational life, current civil society research does not integrate historical analysis with civil society theory. This essay roots civil society in modernity and individualism, thus, linking its fading during the 1920s to the inability of civil society theory to provide solutions to the complex problems of Weimar society. Paradoxically, individualism and modernity, the precondition for a liberal civil society, also paved the path to the homogenizing ideologies of the twentieth century. International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2014 Civil Society nationallicence Weimar Republic nationallicence Social Homogeneity nationallicence Democracy nationallicence VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/2(2015-04-01), 629-648 0957-8765 26:2<629 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9448-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9448-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Weber Peter Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University, 550 West North Street, Suite 301, 46202, Indianapolis, IN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/2(2015-04-01), 629-648 0957-8765 26:2<629 2015 26 11266