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Ulrich Noack, Hermann Etzel and Wilhelm Elfes, the initiators of the post-1949 National Confederation as way to reunification of the divided Germany, had three essential common features in their political thought and practice.
Firstly, as West German neutralists, they did not directly question Western democracy and political freedoms. However, in order to find solutions to existing socio-economic problems, they attempted to look beyond the two antagonistic systems of Western capitalism and Eastern communism. In this respect they differed from the neutralists who rejected or ignored a possible 'third-way' for solving socio-economic problems.
More interestingly, this open attitude toward a 'third-way' allowed these three neutralists and their political followers to make an effective appeal for national dialogue and political negotiation, at government level between the two German states, on the issue of reunification. Bcause the so-called achievement of the GDR meant for them not the barrier against a negotiation with the SED, but only a new starting point on that the two German states could develop a new pragmatic solution to the ideological and social problems. Noack, Etzel and Elfes were not so much occupied with these, as with diplomacy and security as the basis for settlement of the reunification and wider European peace. They didn't belong to stubborn advocates of the Third-way. For them a parallel development of settling the security-problem on the basis of the German neutralism and of dealing with the social problems in a Third-way direction was not the point.
Secondly, these neutralists were impressed by federalism not only as an ideal political system, but also as a social and ethical basis for life. Before 1949, most West-German federalist politicianshad advocated deepening the federalist structure of the political system, including the possibility of confederation (with the East?). Eventually however, led by Adenauer, they decided on a policy of alignment with the West, in order to counter the communist threat from the East.
In contrast, initiators of a German confederation saw the communist GDR as a society with a different way of the life, rather than as a danger to the FDR. It is no accident that the idea of a national confederation as way toward reunification was created by two neutralists, Noack and Etzel, who both came from Bayern where discussions on federalism prior to 1949 had been most heated. In their fight against the policy of the Western-integration, they were able to recapture their conviction in a federative solution for the German problem. Based on the federation, the new idea of the German confederation could be developed, which would take into account the changing national and international environment.
Lastly, Noack, Etzel and Elfes shared commonalities in their political practice. They transformed themselves into 'mediator' or 'go-between'. As self-designated 'cross border-men' they were able to mediate across Cold War and national divisions, mediating between antagonistic worlds. Using this identity, they were able to bind the ideas of neutralism and the federalism and introduce new discussions on the possible ways and processes for German reunification. Their concepts of a German confederation not only influence the conversion of the SED to the new SED after 1957, but also it opened new horizons of imaginings for overcoming national division.
Firstly, as West German neutralists, they did not directly question Western democracy and political freedoms. However, in order to find solutions to existing socio-economic problems, they attempted to look beyond the two antagonistic systems of Western capitalism and Eastern communism. In this respect they differed from the neutralists who rejected or ignored a possible 'third-way' for solving socio-economic problems.
More interestingly, this open attitude toward a 'third-way' allowed these three neutralists and their political followers to make an effective appeal for national dialogue and political negotiation, at government level between the two German states, on the issue of reunification. Bcause the so-called achievement of the GDR meant for them not the barrier against a negotiation with the SED, but only a new starting point on that the two German states could develop a new pragmatic solution to the ideological and social problems. Noack, Etzel and Elfes were not so much occupied with these, as with diplomacy and security as the basis for settlement of the reunification and wider European peace. They didn't belong to stubborn advocates of the Third-way. For them a parallel development of settling the security-problem on the basis of the German neutralism and of dealing with the social problems in a Third-way direction was not the point.
Secondly, these neutralists were impressed by federalism not only as an ideal political system, but also as a social and ethical basis for life. Before 1949, most West-German federalist politicianshad advocated deepening the federalist structure of the political system, including the possibility of confederation (with the East?). Eventually however, led by Adenauer, they decided on a policy of alignment with the West, in order to counter the communist threat from the East.
In contrast, initiators of a German confederation saw the communist GDR as a society with a different way of the life, rather than as a danger to the FDR. It is no accident that the idea of a national confederation as way toward reunification was created by two neutralists, Noack and Etzel, who both came from Bayern where discussions on federalism prior to 1949 had been most heated. In their fight against the policy of the Western-integration, they were able to recapture their conviction in a federative solution for the German problem. Based on the federation, the new idea of the German confederation could be developed, which would take into account the changing national and international environment.
Lastly, Noack, Etzel and Elfes shared commonalities in their political practice. They transformed themselves into 'mediator' or 'go-between'. As self-designated 'cross border-men' they were able to mediate across Cold War and national divisions, mediating between antagonistic worlds. Using this identity, they were able to bind the ideas of neutralism and the federalism and introduce new discussions on the possible ways and processes for German reunification. Their concepts of a German confederation not only influence the conversion of the SED to the new SED after 1957, but also it opened new horizons of imaginings for overcoming national division.
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Ⅰ. 들어가는 말
Ⅱ. 국가연합의 초기 주창자들: 울리히 노악, 헤르만 에첼, 빌헬름 엘페스
Ⅲ. 맺는말 - ‘경계인’의 정치적 성격과 역사적 역할
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