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.

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.

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Main Author: Sauter, Michael J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 177.
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Table of 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.