Friedrich Naumann

Friedrich Naumann (March 25, 1860 – August 24, 1919) was a German politician and Protestant parish priest. In 1895 he founded the weekly magazine Die Hilfe to address the social question from a non-marxist middle class point of view. In 1896 he also founded the National-Social Association (not to be confused with National Socialism), in an attempt to provide a liberal alternative to the socialist party. Download high resolution version (560x752, 56 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (560x752, 56 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Roman Catholic priest LCDR Allen R. Kuss (USN) aboard USS Enterprise A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... In the second half of the 19th century Germany underwent a rapid industrialization, which was connected with rising social problems. ... The term National Socialism has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies and, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation). ... This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently, rather than specific ideologies contained to specific countries. ... SPD redirects here. ...

Naumann wanted to help the working class, who lived in miserable circumstances. His goal was to raise interest in this issue among the middle class. However he was hindered by the German middle class fear of the proletariat, who were regarded as potential revolutionaries. Naumann faced major opposition from conservatives. Industrialists like Freiherr von Stumm called Naumann and his associates allies of the socialists. Naumann wanted to preserve Christian values, which he hoped would improve the fraught relations between workers and corporate businessmen. The party failed in the elections of 1898 and 1903 and was then dissolved. The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Revolutions. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Towards the end of the 19th century, Naumann, who was a monarchist and adherent of the German emperor Wilhelm II espoused a liberal imperialism. He was influenced by his friend, the German sociologist Max Weber, one of the most pronounced critics of Wilhelm II. Naumann tried to involve Weber in politics, but this failed due to the bad health and temper of Weber. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wilhelm II of Germany (born Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Hohenzollern 27 January 1859–4 June 1941), was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia, ruling from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently, rather than specific ideologies contained to specific countries. ... Imperialism is a policy of extending control or authority over foreign entities as a means of acquisition and/or maintenance of empires, either through direct territorial conquest or through indirect methods of exerting control on the politics and/or economy of other countries. ... Maximilian Weber (April 21, 1864 – June 14, 1920) was a German political economist and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern, antipositivistic study of sociology and public administration. ...

Naumann became a member of the Reichstag in 1907. The term Reichstag (   listen?) [ɹaɪçtak] (in English: Imperial Diet) is a composition of German Reich (Empire) and tag (which does not mean day here, but is a derivate of the verb tagen, which means to meet or assemble). ...

As a German nationalist who had annexionist ideals during the First World War, Naumann believed that Holland and Flanders should become a part of Germany. Together with Weber, he worked for an institute which supported a mooted German annexation of Poland in 1915 and 1916. Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ... This article is about the Belgian region Flanders and the eponymous historical region of the Low Countries. ...

In 1919 Friedrich Naumann was a cofounder of the German Democratic Party (Deutsche Demokratische Partei, DDP) with Theodor Wolff and Hugo Preuss, the "father of the constitution of the Weimar Republic". 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The German Democratic Party, or Deutsche Demokratische Partei (DDP), was founded by leaders of the former Progressive Peoples Party (Fortschrittliche Volkspartei) and the left wing of the National Liberal Party (Nationalliberale Partei) in the early days of the Weimar Republic. ... German politician. ... The period of German history from 1919 to 1933 is known as the Weimar Republic (IPA , German Weimarer Republik). ...

He is the author of Mitteleuropa, a book on the geopolitics of the Central Europe. The Friedrich Naumann Foundation associated with the Freie Demokratische Partei is named after him. Mitteleuropa is a German term approximately equal to Central Europe. ... Historical lands and provinces in Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ... The Friedrich Naumann Foundation (Friedrich Naumannstiftung) (FNF) is a German foundation for liberal politics, related to the Free Democratic Party. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | German political parties | Liberal parties ...

See also

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory