ISBN:
9783110713091
,
9783110713022
,
9783110713145
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (303 p.)
Series Statement:
New Perspectives on the History of Liberalism and Freethought
Keywords:
History
;
European history
;
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
;
Social & cultural history
Abstract:
This book investigates the relationship between blasphemy and violence in modern history, with a focus on cases from the European world, including its (post-) colonial ties. Spanning from the late-eighteenth century to today, it shows how cultures of blasphemy, and related acts of heresy, apostasy and sacrilege, have interacted with different forms of violence, committed against both the sacred and the secular
Note:
English
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