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This book examines not the exhaustion but the generation of sentiments, values, ideals, justifications and actions which underlie one spectacular case of profound intellectual and social change: The Protestant Reformation. A case study in the 'beginning of ideology', this book is also a multi-levelled interpretation of modern Europe's first age of revolution.

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Preface; Prologue: the problem of ideology and the process of history; 1. Context: the egg that Luther hatched; 2. Family: religious experience and ideological commitment; 3. Flock: cultivating the faith; 4. Academy: indoctrination and disputation; 5. Forum: the profession of law and the political man; 6. Publicity: propagating the faith; 7. Party: defending the cause; 8. Ideology: an autopsy of social thought; Epilogue: ideology and utopia; Index of names.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/3/1983 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521274838, 978-0521274838
      ISBN10: 0521274834

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book examines not the exhaustion but the generation of sentiments, values, ideals, justifications and actions which underlie one spectacular case of profound intellectual and social change: The Protestant Reformation. A case study in the 'beginning of ideology', this book is also a multi-levelled interpretation of modern Europe's first age of revolution.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; Prologue: the problem of ideology and the process of history; 1. Context: the egg that Luther hatched; 2. Family: religious experience and ideological commitment; 3. Flock: cultivating the faith; 4. Academy: indoctrination and disputation; 5. Forum: the profession of law and the political man; 6. Publicity: propagating the faith; 7. Party: defending the cause; 8. Ideology: an autopsy of social thought; Epilogue: ideology and utopia; Index of names.

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