Overview
- Examines the relationship of the Bohemian press to government censors from the 1848 revolutions to the 1871 Tabory
- Illustrates how the Habsburg Monarchy initiated reforms that contributed to its own demise
- Argues that Austrian Imperial censorship reform was instrumental in the growth of anti-Imperial political movements after 1848
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media (PSHM)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book analyzes the conduct of press policy in Bohemia from the Revolutions of 1848 through the period of the Tábory, 1867-71. In the aftermath of the revolutions, the Habsburg state, far from constituting an historical relic, proved itself boldly innovative, inaugurating liberal reforms, most importantly the rule of law. While the reforms helped it to survive its immediate challenges, they nonetheless, quite paradoxically, created an environment in which the periodical press continued to advance perspectives emblematic of the revolution, even during the era of Neoabsolutism. This new legal environment fostered the rise of the bourgeois public sphere, as theorized by Jürgen Habermas, and the very political movements that would contribute to its demise, as signaled in the Tábory campaign of 1867-71. At the nexus of civil society and the state stood the provincial Habsburg officials responsible for public order and security. Their experience was one of endeavoring to balance the ideals of the rule of law imposed by the Imperial center and their own vital concerns regarding the survival of the Monarchy. This work, for the first time, concentrates on the role of these officials who determined what would—and would not—appear in print.
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Book Title: Austrian Imperial Censorship and the Bohemian Periodical Press, 1848–71
Book Subtitle: The Baneful Work of the Opposition Press is Fearsome
Authors: Jeffrey T. Leigh
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55880-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55879-0Published: 01 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85770-1Published: 03 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55880-6Published: 16 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2634-6575
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6583
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 330
Topics: History of Germany and Central Europe, Printing and Publishing, Cultural History, History of Modern Europe, Imperialism and Colonialism