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Book SynopsisThis 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 ContentsPreface; 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.
