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Presents a cultural and political history of German Freemasonary in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This work shows how Freemasonry became a social refuge for elevated and liberal-minded bourgeois men who felt attracted to its secret rituals and moral teachings. It argues that they failed to balance modern politics with a cosmopolitan ethos.

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Lucid and grounded in extensive historical research, Hoffmann's penetrating analysis of the meaning and significance of secrecy, rituals, and symbols to the art of sociability in the German Freemason lodges represents a major advance in the psychological and sociological interpretation of the bonds of male friendship. A major accomplishment. - Marjorie Lamberti, Charles A. Dana Professor Emerita of History, Middlebury College

The Politics of Sociability

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      Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/25/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472115730, 978-0472115730
      ISBN10: 0472115731

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      Book Synopsis
      Presents a cultural and political history of German Freemasonary in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This work shows how Freemasonry became a social refuge for elevated and liberal-minded bourgeois men who felt attracted to its secret rituals and moral teachings. It argues that they failed to balance modern politics with a cosmopolitan ethos.

      Trade Review
      Lucid and grounded in extensive historical research, Hoffmann's penetrating analysis of the meaning and significance of secrecy, rituals, and symbols to the art of sociability in the German Freemason lodges represents a major advance in the psychological and sociological interpretation of the bonds of male friendship. A major accomplishment. - Marjorie Lamberti, Charles A. Dana Professor Emerita of History, Middlebury College

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