TY - BOOK ID - 135717927 TI - The politics of sociability : freemasonry and German civil society, 1840-1918 AU - Hoffmann, Stefan-Ludwig. AU - Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan) PY - 2007 SN - 047212580X 0472115731 PB - Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, DB - UniCat KW - Freemasonry KW - Lodges KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135717927 AB - "The Politics of Sociability is Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann's exploration of the social and political significance of Freemasonry in German history. Using a wealth of archival sources previously unavailable, Hoffmann shows how Freemasonry became a social refuge for elevated and liberal-minded bourgeois men who felt attracted to its secret rituals and moral teachings. German Freemasons sought to reform self and society but, Hoffmann argues, ultimately failed to balance modern politics with a cosmopolitan ethos." ER -