Visions of the Enlightenment

The Edict on Religion of 1788 and the Politics of the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century Prussia
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17651-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 177, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sauter, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. The Frederickian Monarchy and the Enlightenment in Prussia
2. The Ponytail, the Enthusiast, and the “Enlightened” Public Sphere
3. The Enlightenment on Trial
4. Conscience and the Rhetoric of Freedom
5. Counting the Enlightenment
6. What was Enlightenment?

Conclusion
Appendix A: All Texts (120) Published in Response to the Edict
Appendix B: Reviews (57) Not Published in the “Allgemeine deutsche Bibliothek”
Appendix C: On the Philosophical Debate on the Nature and Boundaries
of the Enlightenment
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael J. Sauter, Ph.D. (2002) in History, UCLA, is Profesor-Investigador at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C. in Mexico City.