The political right of the German Empire, founded in 1871, was neither the compact unity nor the amorphous entity that it is often perceived to be. In his overview, first published in 1999 and thoroughly revised for this edition, Stefan Breuer outlines a typology of right-wing ideologies in modern German history that captures nuances: those of nationalism and imperialism, futurism and conservatism, neo-aristocratism and ethnic nationalism. The right-wing traditions that supported National Socialism become apparent, as does its ability to gather divergent radical viewpoints.