Visions of the Enlightenment
Subtitle: the Edict on Religion of 1788 and the politics of the public sphere in eighteenth-century Prussia
By: by Michael J. Sauter.
Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history -- v. 177
Publisher: Brill; BRILL
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9789004176515
Subjects: 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; Prussia (Germany) -- Social conditions -- 18th century; Prussia (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1786-1797; Prussia (Germany) -- Religion -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Frederickian monarchy and the Enlightenment in Prussia; title: The ponytail, the enthusiast, and the   "enlightened" public sphere; title: The Enlightenment on trial; title: Conscience and the rhetoric of freedom; title: Counting the Enlightenment; title: What was Enlightenment?; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix A: All texts (120) published in response to the edict; title: Appendix B: Reviews (57) not published in the "Allgemeine deutsche Bibliothek"; title: Appendix C: On the philosophical debate on the nature and boundaries of the Enlightenment.