David S. Nash

Blasphemy in Modern Britain (eBook, ePUB)

1789 to the Present

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1999, this book deals with the cultural and legal debates which have counterposed the right to free speech and the need to protect Christian sensibilities in Britain from the time of the French Revolution to the present day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429537462
• Artikelnr.: 57905756

Autorenporträt

David S.Nash

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part One: The law of blasphemy in Britain: origins and development
Blasphemy and theory: Post-modern turns, Foucauldian analysis, Edward Said and Orientalism, Secularisation theory
Thomas Paine, William Hone and the Carlile agitations: the creation of a modern blasphemous rhetoric
Part Two: G.W.Foote and the Freethinker prosecution: blasphemy as cultural terrorism
Boulter, Stewart, Pack and Gott: blasphemy, conflict and public order
Attempts at repeal and extension: 1913-38
'Perish Judah' and save the Empire: Christianity 'from below', the Godless Congress and the attempted extension of the blasphemy laws in 1938
Silencing the love that dares to speak its name: blasphemy and the Gay News case
Conclusion
Index.