9783565252541 - hidden in plain sight: secret societies & their impact: how clandestine organizations shaped politics, culture, and social movements, 1700-1900 von rowan, celeste (3 Ergebnisse)
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Secret societies operated at the intersection of elite networks and revolutionary movements, wielding influence through concealment rather than open political participation. This exploration examines how organizations like Freemasonry, the Carbonari,… and various lodge systems shaped European and American politics, social reform, and intellectual exchange during centuries when formal channels excluded many from power.Through lodge records, police surveillance files, and membership correspondence, discover how these societies functioned as parallel institutions-providing networks for business connections, forums for political discussion, and organizational models for revolutionary movements. Examine the tension between esoteric ritual and practical politics, between elite exclusivity and democratic ideals, between genuine secrecy and theatrical mystification.Documentary evidence reveals the reality behind conspiracy theories-not omnipotent cabals controlling history, but voluntary associations navigating legal restrictions on political organization. Masonic lodges enabled Enlightenment ideas to circulate despite censorship. The Carbonari provided organizational infrastructure for Italian unification. German Burschenschaften channeled nationalist sentiment into coordinated action. African American fraternal orders created mutual aid systems excluded populations needed.Each case study analyzes specific organizations within their political and social contexts. Understand how authorities viewed secret societies as threats to established order, how members balanced discretion with influence, how ritual created bonds that transcended class divisions, and how these networks ultimately contributed to nineteenth-century political transformations despite-or because of-their clandestine nature.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Hidden in Plain Sight: Secret Societies & Their Impact | How Clandestine Organizations Shaped Politics, Culture, and Social Movements, [.] | Celeste Rowan | Taschenbuch | Englisch | epubli | EAN 9783565252541 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, 10…997 Berlin, produktsicherheit[at]epubli[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Secret societies operated at the intersection of elite networks and revolutionary movements, wielding influence through concealment rather than open political participation. This exploration examines how organizations like Freemasonry…, the Carbonari, and various lodge systems shaped European and American politics, social reform, and intellectual exchange during centuries when formal channels excluded many from power.Through lodge records, police surveillance files, and membership correspondence, discover how these societies functioned as parallel institutions-providing networks for business connections, forums for political discussion, and organizational models for revolutionary movements. Examine the tension between esoteric ritual and practical politics, between elite exclusivity and democratic ideals, between genuine secrecy and theatrical mystification.Documentary evidence reveals the reality behind conspiracy theories-not omnipotent cabals controlling history, but voluntary associations navigating legal restrictions on political organization. Masonic lodges enabled Enlightenment ideas to circulate despite censorship. The Carbonari provided organizational infrastructure for Italian unification. German Burschenschaften channeled nationalist sentiment into coordinated action. African American fraternal orders created mutual aid systems excluded populations needed.Each case study analyzes specific organizations within their political and social contexts. Understand how authorities viewed secret societies as threats to established order, how members balanced discretion with influence, how ritual created bonds that transcended class divisions, and how these networks ultimately contributed to nineteenth-century political transformations despite-or because of-their clandestine nature. 224 pp. Englisch.
