Richard Van Dulmen is the author of Theatre of Horror (Polity Press, 1990).

'Van Dulmen's stimulating book excels as a synthesis and it will have a wide appeal. The argumentation is clear and the writing is accessible.' Joachim Whaley, University of Cambridge 'This book is an excellent synthesis which should gain an immediate place on every reading list on the Enlightenment and on eighteenth-century Germany.' British Journal for 18th Century Studies

• Introduction. 1. Enlightenment and Traditional Society in the Eighteenth Century.2. Learned and Literary Societies in the Seventeenth Century.3. The Republic of Scholars.4. Association of 'Civilized' Men.5. Clubs of the Enlightenment and Political Associations.6. Societies of the Enlightenment as Media of Early Middle-class Culture.Appendix.Bibliography.Index.

Richard Van Dulmen is the author of Theatre of Horror (Polity Press, 1990).

'Van Dulmen's stimulating book excels as a synthesis and it will have a wide appeal. The argumentation is clear and the writing is accessible.' Joachim Whaley, University of Cambridge 'This book is an excellent synthesis which should gain an immediate place on every reading list on the Enlightenment and on eighteenth-century Germany.' British Journal for 18th Century Studies

• Introduction. 1. Enlightenment and Traditional Society in the Eighteenth Century.2. Learned and Literary Societies in the Seventeenth Century.3. The Republic of Scholars.4. Association of 'Civilized' Men.5. Clubs of the Enlightenment and Political Associations.6. Societies of the Enlightenment as Media of Early Middle-class Culture.Appendix.Bibliography.Index.

Richard Van Dulmen is the author of Theatre of Horror (Polity Press, 1990).

'Van Dulmen's stimulating book excels as a synthesis and it will have a wide appeal. The argumentation is clear and the writing is accessible.' Joachim Whaley, University of Cambridge 'This book is an excellent synthesis which should gain an immediate place on every reading list on the Enlightenment and on eighteenth-century Germany.' British Journal for 18th Century Studies

• Introduction. 1. Enlightenment and Traditional Society in the Eighteenth Century.2. Learned and Literary Societies in the Seventeenth Century.3. The Republic of Scholars.4. Association of 'Civilized' Men.5. Clubs of the Enlightenment and Political Associations.6. Societies of the Enlightenment as Media of Early Middle-class Culture.Appendix.Bibliography.Index.