Debating societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… 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, … 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 … > Associational culture Mots-clés Advertisement Clubs Debate Eloquence Gender Middling sort North America Politics Public sphere Debating societies were commercial ventures that provided the middling and lower orders with arenas of …
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