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.

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 177
	Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 177.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject	Enlightenment -- Germany -- Prussia.
	Enlightenment.
	Germany -- Prussia.
	Prussia (Germany) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
	Prussia (Germany) -- Religion -- 18th century.
	Elite (Social sciences) -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century.
	Elite (Social sciences)
	History.
Chronological Term	18th century
Subject	Social control -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century.
	Social control.
	Popular culture -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century.
	Popular culture.
	Political culture -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century.
	Political culture.
	Ecclesiastical law -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century.
	Ecclesiastical law.
	Church and state -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century.
	Church and state.
Chronological Term	1700 - 1799
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Sauter, Michael J. Visions of the Enlightenment. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004176515 (DLC) 2009013823 (OCoLC)313666531
ISBN	9789047429951 (electronic book)
	9047429958 (electronic book)
	9004176519 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
	9789004176515 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
	1282401513
	9781282401518
Standard No.	10.1163/ej.9789004176515.i-244

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.

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