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The emancipation of writing [[electronic resource] ] : German civil society in the making, 1790's-1820's / / Ian F. McNeely



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Autore: McNeely Ian F. <1971-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The emancipation of writing [[electronic resource] ] : German civil society in the making, 1790's-1820's / / Ian F. McNeely Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
Disciplina: 300/.943/09033
Soggetto topico: Bureaucracy - Germany - History
Written communication - Germany - History
Civil society - Germany - History
Soggetto non controllato: black forest
bureaucracy
citizenship
civic culture
civil society
duchy of wurttemberg
europe
foucault
free market
free press
french revolution
german history
german identity
german southwest
germany
government
habermas
history
identity
intelligenzblatt
invasion
military
modes of power
napoleon
nation
nonfiction
occupation
resistance
schorndorf
schreiber
scribes
social networks
state authority
state power
war
welzheim
writing practices
writing
wurttemberg
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-323) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Civic Landscape -- 2. The Tutelage of the Scribes -- 3. The Black Forest Cahier -- 4. Constitutional Fetishism -- 5. Transcending "Textual Serfdom" -- 6. Reading, Writing, and Reform -- 7. Cataloging the Social World -- 8. The Intelligence Gazettes -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Sources -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The Emancipation of Writing is the first study of writing in its connection to bureaucracy, citizenship, and the state in Germany. Stitching together micro- and macro-level analysis, it reconstructs the vibrant, textually saturated civic culture of the German southwest in the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleon's invasions. Ian F. McNeely reveals that Germany's notoriously oppressive bureaucracy, when viewed through the writing practices that were its lifeblood, could also function as a site of citizenship. Citizens, acting under the mediation of powerful local scribes, practiced their freedoms in written engagements with the state. Their communications laid the basis for civil society, showing how social networks commonly associated with the free market, the free press, and the voluntary association could also take root in powerful state institutions.
Titolo autorizzato: The emancipation of writing  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27705-0
9786613277053
0-520-92852-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780250803321
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Serie: Studies on the history of society and culture.