The Politics of Sociability: Freemasonry and German Civil Society, 1840-1918

by Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann

An ambitious, original work, The Politics of Sociability is Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann's exploration of the social and political significance of Freemasonry in German history. Drawing on de Tocqueville's theory that without civic virtue there is no civil society, and that civic virtue unfolds only through the social interaction between citizens, Hoffmann examines the critical link between Freemasonry and the evolution of German civil society...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472115731
• ISBN13: 9780472115730
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"