Communities of Discourse : Ideology and Social Structure in the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and European Socialism.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction The Problem of Articulation -- Part I The Protestant Reformation -- 1 Contexts and Perspectives -- 2 State Autonomy and the Reformation -- 3 The Failure of Reformation -- 4 Social Conditions and Reformation Discourse -- Part II The Enlightenment -- 5 Mercantilism and the House of Learning -- 6 Cultural Production in France and England -- 7 Enlightenment Developments in Prussia and Scotland -- 8 The Enlightenment in Decentralized Societies -- 9 Autocracy and the Limits of Enlightenment -- 10 Text and Context -- Part III European Socialism -- 11 Institutional and Intellectual Antecedents -- 12 Bismarck's Contribution to German Socialism -- 13 Liberalism in France and Great Britain -- 14 Socialism in the Broader European Context -- 15 Theory and Practice -- Part IV Sociology and Cultural Change -- 16 The Legacy of Classical Theory -- 17 Social Structure and Ideology -- 18 Capitalism and the Shaping of Culture -- Notes -- Index.
Sociologist Robert Wuthnow notes remarkable similarities in the social conditions surrounding three of the greatest challenges to the status quo in the development of modern society--the Protestant Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the rise of Marxist socialism.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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