Authority and Contest

Periodicals and British Knowledge Politics, 1820-1860

Michael Rectenwald (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

316 Seiten

2025 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-5860-7 (ISBN)

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This study unveils the complex and contentious landscape of early to mid-nineteenth-century British knowledge politics. An in-depth account of new and emerging sites for the production, dissemination, negotiation, and appropriation of knowledge among a diverse group of participants, it examines how these actors vied for and contested cultural authority, based on beliefs claimed as "scientific." Treating a wide topography of science and culture—from the elite circles of gentleman naturalists to the demotic movements of radical artisans—the author argues for the pivotal role of periodicals in shaping scientific publics and discourses. Through explorations of radical science, the useful knowledge movement, Secularism, and the making and reception of key publications like Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, this study illuminates the dynamic interplay between science, culture, and power. It offers a fresh and broadened perspective on how science was both produced and challenged in various overlapping and competing publics during this transformative period.

Michael Rectenwald is an independent scholar and former New York University (USA) Professor in the Liberal Studies and Global Liberal Studies programs. He has also served as a Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College, USA. His works include Nineteenth-Century British Secularism: Science, Religion and Literature (2016), Global Secularisms in a Post-Secular Age (edited volume, 2015), and Academic Writing, Real World Topics (2015). His articles have appeared in the British Journal for the History of Science, The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Academic Questions, Endeavour, College Composition and Communication, International Philosophical Quarterly, Organized Secularism in the United States, and George Eliot in Context, among others.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.12.2025
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-0364-5860-1 / 1036458601
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-5860-7 / 9781036458607
Zustand	Neuware