Blasphemy and Censorship. The Historical Importance of Passive and Active Models

This article revisits some of the author’s established theorising around the issue of the crime of blasphemy and how it has been interpreted in the west since the medieval period. In particular Nash’s theory of “passive” and “active” blasphemy is examined to see how far this analysis might be extend...

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Main Author: David Nash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines 2013-05-01
Series:Revue LISA
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/lisa/5173