Communities of Discourse

Ideology and Social Structure in the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and European Socialism

Robert Wuthnow

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ISBN 9780674151659

Publication Date: 03/15/1993

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SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology: General

Introduction: The Problem of Articulation
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
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
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
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

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