Bouwers, Eveline G.
(ed.)
Nash, David
(ed.)
Editorial: Walter de Gruyter
Colección: New Perspectives on the History of Liberalism and Freethought
Número de páginas: 313 págs.
Fecha de edición: 20-09-2022
EAN: 9783110713022
ISBN: 978-3-11-071302-2
Precio (sin IVA): 60,45 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 62,87 €
This book offers a much-needed analysis of a subject that historians have largely ignored, yet that has considerable relevance for today’s world: the powerful connection that exists between offences against the sacred and different forms of violence. Drawing on cases from revolutionary France to the Russia of Vladimir Putin, the international authors probe the nature and agency of local blasphemy accusations, the historical and legal framework in which they were expressed and the violence, both physical and symbolic, accompanying them.