The Resource Enlightenment underground : radical Germany, 1680-1720, Martin Mulsow ; translated by H. C. Erik Midelfort
Enlightenment underground : radical Germany, 1680-1720, Martin Mulsow ; translated by H. C. Erik Midelfort
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- Summary
- Martin Mulsow's seismic reinterpretation of the origins of the Enlightenment in Germany won awards and renown in its original German edition, and now H. C. Erik Midelfort's translation makes this sensational book available to English-speaking readers. In Enlightenment Underground, Mulsow shows that even in the late seventeenth century some thinkers in Germany ventured to express extremely dangerous ideas, but did so as part of a secret underground. Scouring manuscript collections across northern Europe, Mulsow studied the writings of countless hitherto unknown radical jurists, theologians, historians, and dissident students who pushed for the secularization of legal, political, social, and religious knowledge. Often their works circulated in manuscript, anonymously, or as clandestinely published books. Working as a philosophical microhistorian, Mulsow has discovered the identities of several covert radicals and linked them to circles of young German scholars, many of whom were connected with the vibrant radical cultures of the Netherlands, England, and Denmark. The author reveals how radical ideas and contributions to intellectual doubt came from Socinians and Jews, church historians and biblical scholars, political theorists, and unemployed university students. He shows that misreadings of humorous or ironic works sometimes gave rise to unintended skeptical thoughts or corrosively political interpretations of Christianity. This landmark book overturns stereotypical views of the early Enlightenment in Germany as cautious, conservative, and moderate, and replaces them with a new portrait that reveals a movement far more radical, unintended, and puzzling than previously suspected. --
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Extent
- x, 454 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in German as Moderne aus dem Untergrund: Radikale Frühaufklärung in Deutschland 1680-1720, © 2002 by Felix Meiner Verlag, Hamburg, Germany." -- Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780813938158
- Label
- Enlightenment underground : radical Germany, 1680-1720
- Title
- Enlightenment underground
- Title remainder
- radical Germany, 1680-1720
- Statement of responsibility
- Martin Mulsow ; translated by H. C. Erik Midelfort
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Summary
- Martin Mulsow's seismic reinterpretation of the origins of the Enlightenment in Germany won awards and renown in its original German edition, and now H. C. Erik Midelfort's translation makes this sensational book available to English-speaking readers. In Enlightenment Underground, Mulsow shows that even in the late seventeenth century some thinkers in Germany ventured to express extremely dangerous ideas, but did so as part of a secret underground. Scouring manuscript collections across northern Europe, Mulsow studied the writings of countless hitherto unknown radical jurists, theologians, historians, and dissident students who pushed for the secularization of legal, political, social, and religious knowledge. Often their works circulated in manuscript, anonymously, or as clandestinely published books. Working as a philosophical microhistorian, Mulsow has discovered the identities of several covert radicals and linked them to circles of young German scholars, many of whom were connected with the vibrant radical cultures of the Netherlands, England, and Denmark. The author reveals how radical ideas and contributions to intellectual doubt came from Socinians and Jews, church historians and biblical scholars, political theorists, and unemployed university students. He shows that misreadings of humorous or ironic works sometimes gave rise to unintended skeptical thoughts or corrosively political interpretations of Christianity. This landmark book overturns stereotypical views of the early Enlightenment in Germany as cautious, conservative, and moderate, and replaces them with a new portrait that reveals a movement far more radical, unintended, and puzzling than previously suspected. --
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- Mulsow, Martin
- Dewey number
- 193
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Translated from the German
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Midelfort, H. C. Erik
- Series statement
- Studies in early modern German history
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- Enlightenment
- Philosophy, Modern
- Philosophy, Modern
- Philosophy, German
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- Enlightenment underground : radical Germany, 1680-1720, Martin Mulsow ; translated by H. C. Erik Midelfort
- Note
- "Originally published in German as Moderne aus dem Untergrund: Radikale Frühaufklärung in Deutschland 1680-1720, © 2002 by Felix Meiner Verlag, Hamburg, Germany." -- Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- txt
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- FIEb17786964
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- x, 454 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813938158
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia.
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- System control number
- (OCoLC)907662018
- Label
- Enlightenment underground : radical Germany, 1680-1720, Martin Mulsow ; translated by H. C. Erik Midelfort
- Note
- "Originally published in German as Moderne aus dem Untergrund: Radikale Frühaufklärung in Deutschland 1680-1720, © 2002 by Felix Meiner Verlag, Hamburg, Germany." -- Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- FIEb17786964
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- x, 454 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813938158
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
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