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Visions of the Enlightenment

The Edict on Religion of 1788 and the Politics of the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century Prussia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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This book examines the public battle sparked by the promulgation in 1788 of Prussia's Edict on Religion. Historians have seen in this moment nothing less than the end of the Enlightenment in Prussia. This book begs to differ and argues that social control had a long "enlightened" pedigree. Using both archival and published documents, this book reveals deeply the entire Prussian elite was invested in social control of the masses, especially in the public sphere. What emerges is a picture of the Enlightenment in Prussia as a conservative enterprise that was limited by not merely the state but also the social anxities of the Prussian elite.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-06-17
Mått160 x 240 x 20 mm
Vikt591 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBrill's Studies in Intellectual History
Antal sidor244
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004176515

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Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Frederickian Monarchy and the Enlightenment in Prussia2. The Ponytail, the Enthusiast, and the “Enlightened” Public Sphere3. The Enlightenment on Trial4. Conscience and the Rhetoric of Freedom5. Counting the Enlightenment6. What was Enlightenment?ConclusionAppendix A: All Texts (120) Published in Response to the EdictAppendix B: Reviews (57) Not Published in the “Allgemeine deutsche Bibliothek”Appendix C: On the Philosophical Debate on the Nature and Boundaries of the EnlightenmentBibliography Index

"Visions of the Enlightenment directs our focus to tensions rather than dichotomies and to analysis rather than assumptions, and provides compelling examples of the important insights to be found in this way .. The book should thus interest not only scholars of the Prussian Enlightenment, but also to those considering the applicability and limitations of concepts like the public sphere in analyzing the German past." - Marynel Ryan Van Zee, in: H-German, H-Net Reviews, February, 2010 [URL: www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=26320]