The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Authoritarianism

Puritanism, Democracy, and Society

By: Milan Zafirovski

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This book explores the historical and contemporary relationships of Protestant Puritanism to political and social authoritarianism. It focuses on Puritanism's original, subsequent and modern influences on and legacies in political democracy and civil society within historically Puritan Western societies, with emphasis on Great Britain and particularly America, from the 17th to the 21th century.

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Authoritarianism: Puritanism, Democracy and Society's importance and novelty lie in its original theoretical argument and empirical demonstration that Puritanism constitutes or reproduces political-social authoritarianism rather than liberal-secular political democracy and free civil society, contrary to the conventional wisdom in Puritan societies, especially America. The book's methodological approach is thoroughly interdisciplinary by integrating methods, theories and data in sociology with those in other social sciences such as political science, history and economics. In addition, the book uses a comparative-historical method through comparisons of Western (and other) societies at various points of history in terms of the impact of Puritanism on authoritarianism.

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Introduction	p. xi
Puritanism and Authoritarianism	p. 1
Puritanism	p. 1
General Puritanism	p. 1
Protestant Puritanism	p. 3
Pre-Protestant and Protestant Puritanism	p. 9
The "Spirit of Authoritarianism"	p. 15
The General "Spirit of Authoritarianism"	p. 16
Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism	p. 18
The "Spirit" of Political and Social Authoritarianism	p. 19
Puritanism and Authoritarianism: Authoritarian Mastery of the Social World	p. 21
Puritanism and Political Authoritarianism: Authoritarian Mastery of Politics	p. 26
Puritan Political Authoritarianism: General Considerations	p. 26
Political Antiliberalism and Nondemocracy	p. 27
Antiliberalism and Antipluralism	p. 27
Anti- and Quasidemocratic Tendencies	p. 30
Political Extremism	p. 35
Radicalism and Absolutism	p. 36
Political Intolerance	p. 39
Authoritarian Control and Repression	p. 40
Repressive Laws and Draconian Sanctions	p. 44
Historical-Empirical Cases of Puritan Authoritarian Control and Repression	p. 46
Antiegalitarianism: Inequality as Divinely Ordained Destiny	p. 55
Economic Antiegalitarianism: Providential Wealth Inequality	p. 57
Sociopolitical Antiegalitarianism: Providential Hierarchy in Polity and Society	p. 64
Militarism, Nationalism, and Expansionism	p. 67
Militancy and Militarism	p. 68
Nationalism and Nativism	p. 70
Expansionism and Imperialism	p. 76
Puritanism and Social Authoritarianism: Authoritarian Mastery of Civil Society	p. 80
Puritan Social Authoritarianism: General Considerations	p. 80
Moral Authoritarianism	p. 82
Oppressive Moralist Discipline	p. 83
Moral Intolerance and Imposition of Morality	p. 86
Instances of Moral Authoritarianism	p. 98
Religious Authoritarianism	p. 106
Religious Intolerance	p. 106
Religious Radicalism and Fundamentalism	p. 119
Theocracy: The Ideal and System of Church-State	p. 123
Puritan Theocracy in the Past, Present, and Future	p. 124
New England's and Southern "Biblical Commonwealths" Reconsidered	p. 133
Puritanism and Social Authoritarianism Continued	p. 143
Artistic-Cultural Authoritarianism	p. 143
Authoritarian Suppression of the Arts	p. 143
Antagonism to Secular Culture	p. 147
Educational and Scientific Authoritarianism	p. 150
Authoritarian Uses of Science and Technology	p. 161
Authoritarian Antihumanism	p. 164
Against Secular Humanism	p. 164
Inhumanity	p. 171
Barbarism and Inhuman Primitivism	p. 178
Other Nonhumanist Dimensions	p. 181
Non-Christian?	p. 185
Puritanism and Non-Christian Religions	p. 189
Neo-Puritanism and Authoritarianism	p. 200
From Paleo-Puritanism to Neo-Puritanism	p. 200
Puritanism Deja Vu	p. 200
Neo-Puritanism and New Puritan Authoritarianism	p. 206
Puritan Revivals and Perpetuation of Theocratic Authoritarianism	p. 207
America's Perrenial Puritan Revival-The Great Awakenings Reconsidered	p. 215
New Puritanism, Old Authoritarian Habits	p. 221
Puritanism and Contemporary Authoritarianism	p. 224
Puritanism and Fascism	p. 224
Puritanism and Communism	p. 243
Authoritarian Legacy of Puritanism in Contemporary Society	p. 246
The Puritan Authoritarian Legacy: General Considerations	p. 246
Rediscovering the Puritan Authoritarian Legacy in American Society	p. 250
Elements of the Puritan Authoritarian Legacy	p. 261
Moral and Political Repression	p. 261
Religious and Political Extremism	p. 271
Culture Repression and Regression	p. 282
Pervasive Antihumanism	p. 293
The Authoritarian Legacy of Puritanism in Global Perspective	p. 300
Great Britain versus America	p. 302
Conclusion	p. 309
References	p. 323
Index	p. 332
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