Fearing religious satire: Religious censorship and satirical counter-attacks

Dennis Meyhoff Brink

Fearing religious satire: Religious censorship and satirical counter-attacks

Department of Arts and Cultural Studies

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The article examines the history of the fear of religious satire in modern Europe. The article argues that this fear primarily concerns the potential dissolution of 'the social bond of society' or 'the moral and social order'. From the 17th Century until today, censorship measures and blasphemy legislations are Thus primarily founded on arguments concerning moral, social or public order. The article furthermore argues that although anti-censorship satire gradually weakened the legitimacy of censorship, the notion of religion as 'the social bond of society' is still operative in contemporary blasphemy legislation and conservative identity politics.

Translated title of the contribution	Frygten for religionssatire: Religiøs censur og satiriske modangreb
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Comics and Power : Representing and Questioning Culture, Subjects and Communities
Editors	Anne Magnussen, Rikke Platz Cortsen, Erin Lacour
Number of pages	25
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge Scholars Press
Publication date	1 Feb 2015
Pages	198-223
Chapter	10
ISBN (Print)	1443870862, 9781443870863
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2015

Keywords

Faculty of Humanities
Satire
Religious Satire
Censorship
Blasphemy

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Fearing religious satire: Religious censorship and satirical counter-attacks. / Brink, Dennis Meyhoff.
Comics and Power: Representing and Questioning Culture, Subjects and Communities . ed. / Anne Magnussen; Rikke Platz Cortsen; Erin Lacour. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2015. p. 198-223.

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