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Debating societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]

… Abstract Debating societies became well-established institutions in London and provincial cities, catering for the taste for public debate among the lower and middling sorts. Topics could be frivolous, but when societies debated politics, religion, and the economy they were felt to voice threateningly radical opinions. When the reaction against the French Revolution hardened, public political debate became impossible and societies were outlawed. Despite those chequered fortunes they served as places for self-improvement for many men of …

Charles Macklin [ Art and Literature ]

… Enlightenment and successful access to British social circles, London theatres, Anglo-Irish debating and charitable societies. Moreover, he was eager to acquire a lasting though sometimes controversial public role with, inter alia, the … and participation in the sociable British Enlightenment. People > Art and Literature Keywords London Theatres Debating Societies Garrick Shylock Irish Enlightenment Charitable societies Courtroom Green Room Charles Macklin was born Cathal MacLochlainn either in 1690 or 1699 (his exact birth year …

Scottish clans [ Social interaction / Association ]

… Scottish clans during the long eighteenth century. It discusses the debates on their place in the Scottish and British societies in the context of the Union of 1707 and of the Jacobite rebellion. Concepts > Social interaction People > Association Keywords Clans Highlands Union Tartan Scottish society Identity Scottish Enlightenment Clubs and Societies Scotland Tradition In the eighteenth century, Scottish society was still mainly structured into clans, or … back to their native land shared what they learnt in what was then considered the best European civilised and learned societies. The clans of the Lowlands, or those living in large towns of the North such as Aberdeen, experienced better …

David Hume [ Philosophy ]

… It looks first at Hume as a sociable philosopher, in theory and in practice  ̶  he belonged to diverse clubs and societies in Scotland and London, then at Hume’s participation in the Republic of Letters, and finally at philosophy as the practice of sociability. People > Philosophy Keywords Philosophy Clubs Societies Salons Scottish Enlightenment Edinburgh London Paris Republic of Letters essay David Hume’s original position … interactions enhanced by urban social life were therefore highly valued by Hume in theory ̶  ‘particular clubs and societies are everywhere formed: Both sexes meet in an easy and sociable manner; and the tempers of men, as well as their …

Methodism [ Spirituality / Associational culture / Religious Belief ]

… discipline within the Established Churches in Britain. Methodist leaders insisted on the necessity of organising little societies for religious practices and defended field-preaching and emotional sermons whereas traditional orthodox … hymn-singing, strict moral discipline and insisted on salvation by faith alone. He masterfully organized the Methodist societies. George Whitefield (1714-1770) was one of Wesley’s early followers but then disagreed with him on several … Society in Particular. A Sermon Preached in the Parish Church of St. Nicholas in Bristol, and before the Religious Societies, At One of their General Quarterly Meetings, in Bow-Church, London, in the Year 1737, The Fourth Edition …