Visions of the Enlightenment [electronic resource] : the Edict on Religion of 1788 and the politics of the public sphere in eighteenth-century Prussia / by Michael J. Sauter.
Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 177.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 242 p.)ISBN:- 9789047429951 (electronic bk.)
- 9047429958 (electronic bk.)
- Enlightenment -- Germany -- Prussia
- Prussia (Germany) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
- Prussia (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1786-1797
- Prussia (Germany) -- Religion -- 18th century
- 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
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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