Freemasonry and Civil Society
Europe and the Americas (North and South)
Monographs
0 Pages
Summary
This is the first comprehensive account of freemasonry in the Western world, written by two of the field’s foremost scholars. It embraces every country in the Americas, with a particular focus on the American experience. The authors devote significant attention to the Scottish origins of the lodges and their growth in the American colonies, against a backdrop of European imperialism and the emergence of democratic movements. Later they examine the story of freemasonry in the twentieth century, from its encounter with Nazism to its decline beginning in the 1960s. Future directions for the movement are also discussed. Along the way major figures in movement are assessed: Benjamin Franklin, Alessandro Cagliostro, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Harry S. Truman, and many others.
Masons and non-masons, college students, and the curious general reader will find Freemasonry and Civil Society a dazzling and accessible account of one of the world’s most enduring fraternal organizations.
Masons and non-masons, college students, and the curious general reader will find Freemasonry and Civil Society a dazzling and accessible account of one of the world’s most enduring fraternal organizations.
Details
- Pages
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781433198403
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9781433198410
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433198397
- DOI
- 10.3726/b19902
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- English origins, the Enlightenment French Revolution conspiracy theories Catholic Church and persecution democracy Paris Commune American lodges working in Latin America republican political culture modern politics Freemasonry and Civil Society Europe and the Americas (North and South)
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2023. xxx pp., num. ill.