'I Predict a Riot': Joseph Priestley and Languages of Enlightenment in Birmingham in 1791.
In: Romanticism, Jg. 18 (2012-04-01), Heft 1, S. 70-88
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The article focuses on English chemist and religious dissenter Joseph Priestley and how a handbill he published led to a riot in Birmingham, England in July 1791. The author discusses his dissenting from Protestantism and his revolutionary sympathies for France and how they could have initiated the riot. He explores Priestley's published works of theology and natural philosophy, examines the social strengths and shortcomings of the enlightenment, and analyzes Priestley's relationship with American statesman Benjamin Franklin and British philosopher Jeremy Bentham's concept of utilitarianism.
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'I Predict a Riot': Joseph Priestley and Languages of Enlightenment in Birmingham in 1791.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Bygrave, Stephen |
Zeitschrift: | Romanticism, Jg. 18 (2012-04-01), Heft 1, S. 70-88 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2012 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1354-991X (print) |
DOI: | 10.3366/rom.2012.0065 |
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