ISBN:
9004176292
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9789004176294
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 621 p)
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Studies in critical social sciences v. 14
Parallel Title:
Print version The Destiny of Modern Societies : The Calvinist Predestination of a New Society
DDC:
306.6/84273
Keywords:
Religion and sociology
;
Calvinism
;
Christian sociology Calvinism
;
Calvinism History
;
Predestination
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Applying the idea of the destiny of societies or nations, the book argues, demonstrates, and illustrates the Calvinist societal "predestination," through the Puritan determination, of American society
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents ; Introduction; I. America's Destiny and Calvinism; The ""First New Nation"" and European Calvinism; Calvinism-The Genesis and ""Destiny"" of America?; Calvinist Predestination via the Puritan ""Destiny"" of America; The Nature and Scope of the Calvinist ""Predestination"" of the ""New Nation""; Appendix: America's ""Destiny"" and Tocqueville, Weber, and Marx; II. America's Calvinist ""Destiny"" Identifi ed and Specifi ed; What is America's Calvinist ""Destiny""?; Bibliocracy from the Genesis to the Destiny; The Calvinist Design and System of Theocracy Reconsidered
Description / Table of Contents:
From Calvinist Theocracy to the Moralistic ""Tyranny of Puritanism"" to ""Moral Fascism""Calvinist Theocracy as Total Society; III. Economic System of Calvinist Theocracy; A Theocratic Master-Servant Economy; Elements and Subtypes of the Calvinist Pure Master-Servant Economy; The Calvinist Slave Economy; Calvinist Feudal Servitude; The Calvinist Caste System; Elements of the Calvinist Diluted Master-Servant Economy; Calvinist Predatory Capitalism; IV. Political System of Calvinist Theocracy; Theocratic Polity; Theocratic Polity: Formal Terms; Theocratic Polity: Substantive Terms
Description / Table of Contents:
Theocratic cum Anti-Liberal PolityTheocratic Polity as a Non-Democratic Government; Theocratic Aristocracy; Theocratic Oligarchy; V. Civil Society of Calvinist Theocracy; Puritan Moralistic Tyranny; Rediscovering and Redefi ning Moral Fascism; Syndromes of Puritan Moral Fascism; The Legal-Institutional Mechanism of Puritan Moral Fascism; From a Free Private Sphere to a Coercive Monastic Order; Global Moral Fascism-Pan-American ""Manifest Destiny""?; VI. Cultural System of Calvinist Bibliocracy; Theocratic Culture; The Puritan ""Culture of Death""?
Description / Table of Contents:
The Adverse Fate of Aesthetic Culture in Calvinist TheocracyThe Adverse Fate of Intellectual Culture in Calvinist Theocracy; VII. Calvinism Reconsidered; Reconsidering Calvinism; Calvinism's Genesis Revisited; The Dual Story of Calvinism: From an Abysmal Failure in the ""Old World"" to a Fateful Triumph in the ""New Nation""; The Spirit and Heritage of Calvinism Reconsidered; Appendix: ""Diff erences"" between Calvinism and Puritanism Revisited; VIII. Conclusions; ""Destinies"" of Human Societies; The ""Wealth and Destiny of Nations""
Description / Table of Contents:
The Calvinist-Capitalist Elective Affi nity in the ""New Nation"": Theocratic Capitalism?The Supreme Historical Irony? The Calvinist ""French Connection"" to America; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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