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Author Sauter, Michael J.

Title Visions of the Enlightenment : the Edict on Religion of 1788 and the politics of the public sphere in eighteenth-century Prussia / by Michael J. Sauter
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages)
Series Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 177
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 177.
Contents The Frederickian monarchy and the Enlightenment in Prussia -- The ponytail, the enthusiast, and the "enlightened" public sphere -- The Enlightenment on trial -- Conscience and the rhetoric of freedom -- Counting the Enlightenment -- 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
Summary Making extensive use of archival and published documents from the eighteenth century, this book argues that the public sphere in eighteenth-century Prussia was a conservative realm that was deeply invested in methods of social control
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Enlightenment -- Germany -- Prussia
Elite (Social sciences) -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century
Social control -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century
Popular culture -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century
Political culture -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century
Ecclesiastical law -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century
Church and state -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century
HISTORY.
Church and state
Ecclesiastical law
Elite (Social sciences)
Enlightenment
Political culture
Politics and government
Popular culture
Religion
Social conditions
Social control
SUBJECT Prussia (Germany) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
Prussia (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1786-1797. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108085
Prussia (Germany) -- Religion -- 18th century
Subject Germany -- Prussia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009013823
ISBN 9789047429951
9047429958
1282401513
9781282401518
9786612401510
6612401516