Back to Modern Reason: Johan Hjerpe and Other Petit Bourgeois in Stockholm in the Age of Enlightenment

Arne Jarrick

A revised and translated edition of Mot det moderna förnuftet, published in 1992. Utilising the diaries from the 1780s of Johan Hjerpe, the study focuses on the specific world of Hjerpe in terms of trade, social conditions and contemporary social life in Stockholm.

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Back to Modern Reason

Johan Hjerpe and Other Petit Bourgeois in Stockholm in the Age of Enlightenment

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Illustrations
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

Abbreviations
pp xi-xii

Introduction: Johan Hjerpe and Enlightenment
pp 1-18

The artisan uprising and forms of mentality
pp 19-20

1 - Johan Hjerpe and the artisan uprising in support of the king's war
pp 21-56

2 - The coherence of the inconsistent self: some reflections on mentality, identity and historiography
pp 57-85

The culture of letters and the measurement of thoughts
pp 86-87

3 - Burghers, common folk and books
pp 88-120

4 - New cultural history and old history of mentalities
pp 121-133

Johan Hjerpe's reading and the individual in history
pp 134-135

5 - Johan Hjerpe and the culture of Enlightenment
pp 136-180

6 - The individual and history
pp 181-188

Epilogue: In retrospect
pp 189-195

Bibliography
pp 196-208

Index
pp 209-210

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