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08.09.2017 | Commentary

Rebel or Rioter? Luddites then and now

verfasst von: Brett Clancy

Erschienen in: Society | Ausgabe 5/2017

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Abstract

The Encyclopaedia Britannica contains an entry under the heading ‘Luddite’ and has had such an entry for over 100 years. This essay employs standard discourse analysis techniques to identify changes in the way the Luddites have been presented to the public by the Encyclopaedia over the same period. It is argued that as the potential readership has broadened and deepened across class boundaries, so has the narrative shifted from autocratic towards populist and the Luddites from rioting simpletons to rebel handicraftsmen.

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1
See Appendices I and II.
 
2
Later, industrial versions of the spinning jenny displaced the small jennies in cottages and did disrupt the cottage spinning industry (Aspin and Chapman 1964).
 
3
For example, in England and Wales the Public Order Act 1986 prohibits expressions of racial hatred.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Rebel or Rioter? Luddites then and now
verfasst von
Brett Clancy
Publikationsdatum
08.09.2017
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Society / Ausgabe 5/2017
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Elektronische ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-017-0161-6

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