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Blasphemy in Modern Britain: 1789 to the Present

Blasphemy in Modern Britain: 1789 to the Present

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Series: Routledge Revivals

AnthropologyGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 0367205009
ISBN13: 9780367205003
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 30 2020
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.00
Language: English
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. Central to the book is a close study of the content and public reception of the anti-Christian literature of the 19th century associated with the names G.W.Foote and J.W. Gott, the Freethinker and The Truthseeker. David Nash here also examines a variety of critical-theoretical approaches to blasphemy and blasphemous writing, including postmodernism and the work of Foucault and Said. The book concludes with a detailed examination of 20th-century blasphemy cases, up to and including the Gay News case, The Last Temptation of Christ and Visions of Ecstasy.

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