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Format: xv, 444 Seiten

ISBN: 9780674987135

Content: The proto-Liberalism of the late seventeenth century in England reverses all the central persuasions of illiberal evangelical religion of the early sixteenth century. Free-will, division of powers, non-literalist Biblical reading, aesthetics, theatricality: each reverses cardinal positions of Lutheran and Calvinist religion. How? Permanent Revolution argues that all revolutions take about 150 years to settle down. In the case of the Reformation in England, the first revolution (what Simpson calls "permanent revolution") was heady and radical. It was also ultimately unsustainable. In about 150 years it produced its opposite, the second Reformation which led to the Enlightenment. In our own times, the author says, liberals make a dangerous mistake when they do not understand that Evangelical fundamentalists descend from the same parent as themselves - the "permanent revolution" of the early Reformation. The core of the book is about the English Reformation and the archive is largely literary. Yet the political and intellectual ramifications exceed the remit of literary studies. The story of the proto-Enlightenment narrated here is not a story of secularist repudiation from outside. Instead, it is primarily a story of transformation and reversal of the Protestant tradition from within. The second Reformation (the one that became the Enlightenment) is less a secularist opponent of the first than its dissident younger sibling, driven and marked, if not scarred, by its older evangelical sibling and competitor.--

Content: Part I. Religion as revolution: Revolutionary religion -- Permanently revolutionary religion -- Part II. Working modernity's despair: Modernizing despair -- Modernizing despair: lyric and narrative entrapment -- Modernizing despair's epic non-escape -- Part III. Sincerity and hypocrisy: Pre-modern and Henrician hypocrisy -- The revolutionary hypocrite: Elizabethan hypocrisy -- Managing hypocrisy?: Shakespeare, Milton, Bunyan, 1689 -- Part IV. Breaking idols: Liberating iconoclasm -- Saving images and the Calvinist hammer -- One last iconoclastic push? -- Part V. Theater, magic, sacrament: Religion, dramicide, and the rise of magic -- Enemies of the revolution: magic and theater -- Last judgements: stage managing the magic -- Part VI. Managing scripture: Scripture: institutions, interpretation, and violence -- Private scriptural anguish -- Escaping literalism's trap -- Part VII. Liberty and liberties: Liberty taking liberties

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Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Simpson, James, 1954 - Permanent Revolution Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2019 ISBN 9780674240537

Language: English

Keywords: England ; Reformation ; Auswirkung ; Moderne ; Geistesgeschichte ; England ; Rechtgläubigkeit ; Religiöse Identität ; Soziokultureller Wandel ; Geschichte 1540-1700 ; Reformation ; Rezeption ; Liberalismus ; Kontroverse ; Konservativismus ; Geschichte 1540-1700

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Format: 1 online resource (396 p.)

ISBN: 9780674240537

Content: How did the English Reformation, with its illiberal, intolerant beginnings, lay the groundwork for the Enlightenment—free will, liberty of conscience, religious toleration, constitutionalism, and all the rest? In his provocative rewriting of the history of liberalism, James Simpson uncovers its unexpected debt to Protestant evangelicalism.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Regnal Dates -- , Introduction -- , PART 1. Religion as Revolution -- , PART 2. Working Modernity’s Despair -- , PART 3. Sincerity and Hypocrisy -- , PART 4. Breaking Idols -- , PART 5. Theater, Magic, Sacrament -- , PART 6. Managing Scripture -- , PART 7. Liberty and Liberties -- , Conclusion -- , Note on Texts and Citations -- , Abbreviations -- , Notes -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.4159/9780674240537

URL: https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674240537

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URL: https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674240537

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674240537

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 444 Seiten)

ISBN: 9780674240537 , 9780674240544 , 9780674240551

Content: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Regnal Dates -- Introduction -- Part 1. Religion as Revolution -- 1. Religion as Revolution -- 2. Permanently Revolutionary Religion -- Part 2. Working Modernity's Despair -- 3. Modernizing Despair -- 4. Modernizing Despair: Narrative and Lyric Entrapment -- 5. Modernizing Despair's Epic Non-Escape -- Part 3. Sincerity and Hypocrisy -- 6. Pre-Modern and Henrician Hypocrisy -- 7. The Revolutionary Hypocrite: Elizabethan Hypocrisy -- 8. Managing Hypocrisy?: Shakespeare, Milton, Bunyan, 1689 -- Part 4. Breaking Idols -- 9. Liberating Iconoclasm -- 10. Saving Images and the Calvinist Hammer -- 11. One Last Iconoclastic Push? -- Part 5. Theater, Magic, Sacrament -- 12. Religion, Dramicide, and the Rise of Magic -- 13. Enemies of the Revolution: Magic and Theater -- 14. Last Judgement: Stage Managing the Magic -- Part 6. Managing Scripture -- 15. Scripture: Institutions, Interpretation, and Violence -- 16. Private Scriptural Anguish -- 17. Escaping Literalism's Trap -- Part 7. Liberty and Liberties -- 18. Liberty Taking Liberties -- Conclusion -- Note on Texts and Citations -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-674-98713-5

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: England ; Protestantismus ; Liberalismus ; Aufklärung

DOI: 10.4159/9780674240537

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