Ideology and Social Structure in the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and European Socialism
Robert Wuthnow
overview
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.
contents
Introduction The Problem of Articulation I
Part I The Protestant Reformation 23
I Contexts and Perspectives 25
2 State Autonomy and the Reformation 52
3 The Failure of Reformation 83
4 Social Conditions and Reformation Discourse I 16
Part II The Enlightenment 157
5 Mercantilism and the House of Learning 159
6 Cultural Production in France and England 180
7 Enlightenment Developments in Prussia and Scotland 228
8 The Enlightenment in Decentralized Societies 265
9 Autocracy and the Limits of Enlightenment 291
10 Text and Context 3I I
Part III European Socialism 351
I I Institutional and Intellectual Antecedents 353
12 Bismarck's Contribution to German Socialism 377
13 Liberalism in France and Great Britain 408
14 Socialism in the Broader European Context 446
I 5 Theory and Practice 479
Part IV Sociology and Cultural Change 515
16 The Legacy of Classical Theory 517
17 Social Structure and Ideology 537
18 Capitalism and the Shaping of Culture 559
Notes 585
Index 733