New release: From Mutual Observation to Propaganda War. Edited by Malte Griesse
9. April 2014
Premodern Revolts in Their Transnational Representations
Bielefeld: transcript 2014
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The Arab spring, protest movements in the EU, Russia, Turkey or elsewhere, are often labeled as twitter-revolutions. A crucial role is attributed to the new media, coverage of events abroad and ensuing mutual reactions. With the dissemination of print, revolts in early-modern times faced the challenge of a similar media-revolution. This influenced the very face of the events that could become full-fledged propaganda wars once the insurgents had won access to the printing press.
But it also had an impact on revolt-narratives. Governments severely persecuted dissident views in such delicate issues as revolts. Observers abroad had no such divided loyalties and were freer to reflect upon the events. Therefore, the book focuses mainly on representations of revolts across borders. (publisher)
with:
- Malte Griesse: Introduction: Representing Revolts across Boundaries in Pre-Modern Times, 7-33
- Malte Griesse: State-Arcanum and European Public Spheres: Paradigm Shifts in Muscovite Policy towards Foreign Representations of Russian Revolts, 205-271
The historian Dr. Malte Griesse is head of the research group “Revolts as Communicative Events in the Early Modern Period” at the “Cultural Foundations of Social Integration” Center of Excellence at the University of Konstanz. Recently he is a research fellow of the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University.