The politics of sociability : freemasonry and German civil society, 1840-1918 / Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann ; translated by Tom Lampert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffmann, Stefan-Ludwig, author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany

Standardized Title:

Politik der Geselligkeit. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Freemasonry--Germany--Lodges--History.

Freemasonry.

History.

Germany.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 413 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2007]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"The Politics of Sociability is Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann's exploration of the social and political significance of Freemasonry in German history. Using a wealth of archival sources previously unavailable, Hoffmann shows how Freemasonry became a social refuge for elevated and liberal-minded bourgeois men who felt attracted to its secret rituals and moral teachings. German Freemasons sought to reform self and society but, Hoffmann argues, ultimately failed to balance modern politics with a cosmopolitan ethos."

Contents:

Part I. Freemasonry and civil society. Chapter 1. Secrecy and enlightenment

Chapter 2. The society of "civil" citizens, 1840-70

Chapter 3. Civic worlds, civic politics, 1871-1918

Part II. Improving men. Chapter 4. Civic virtue and sociability

Chapter 5. Rites of masculinity

Chapter 6. The mystery of bildung

Part III. Nationalism as the moral universalism. Chapter 7. The individual, the nation, and mankind

Chapter 8. The fatherland of man

Epilogue : the war of world citizens.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-403) and index (pages 405-413).

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472125807

047212580X

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