IDE2014/IDE4014
General historical background, recommended for foreign students
# Barton, Arnold H., Scandinavia in the Revolutionary Era, 1760-1815, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1986. Ca 400 pages.
The public sphere:
Melton, James van Horn, The Rise of the Publich in Enlightenment Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2001, 275 p.
# Darnton, Robert, “A Police Inspector sorts his files: The Anatomy of the Republic of Letters” I The Great Cat Massacre and other Episodes in French Cultural History, Basic Books, London 1984. 44 p.
* Kjærgaard, Thorkild, “The Rise of Press and Public Opinion in Eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway”, Scandinavian Journal of History, 1989, s. 215–130. 15 p.
# Ringvej, Mona Renate, “Communicative Power and the Absolutist State: Denmark-Norway ca 1750-1800, in Ihalainen, Bregnsbo, Sennefelt og Winton (eds), Scandinavia in the Age of Revolution. Nordic political cultures 1740-1820, Ashgate, 2011. 14 p.
# Munch, Thomas, “Translating Enlightenment: European Influences and Danish Perceptions of Identity in the Press in the Later Eighteenth Century” in Haakonsen, Horstbøll (eds), Northern Antiquities and National Identities. Perceptions of Denmark and the North in the Eighteenth Century, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen 2007. 23 p.
Freedom of the press
European context:
Powers, Elizabeth (ed), Freedom of Speech. The History of an Idea, Bucknell University Press, 2011. Selected chapters, ca 80 p:
-Powers, Elizabeth, “Introduction: Freedom of Speech: Contemporary Issues and a History”
-Israel, Jonathan I., “Libertas Philosophandi in the Eighteenth Century: Radical Enlightenment versus Moderate Enlightenment (1750-1776)”
-Eijnatten, Joris Van, “In Praise of Moderate Enlightenment: A Taxonomy of Early Modern Arguments in Favor of Freedom of Expression”
-Rosenblatt, Helena, “Rousseau, Constant, and the Emergence of the Modern Notion of Freedom of Speech”
-Denmark-Norway:
# Horstbøll, Henrik, “The Politics of Publishing: Freedom of the Press in Denmark, 1770-1773” in Ihalainen, Bregnsbo, Sennefelt og Winton (eds), Scandinavia in the Age of Revolution. Nordic political cultures 1740-1820, Ashgate, 2011. 12 p.
* Laursen, John Christian, “Censorship in the Nordic Countries, ca 1750-1890: Transformations in Law, Theory, and Practice” in Journal of Modern European History, no 1/2005. 17 p.
* Laursen, John Christian, “Luxdorph’s Press Freedom Writings: Before the Fall of Struensee in Early 1770s Denmark-Norway”, In. The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms,7:1, 2002. 16 p.
Political ideas:
-Monarchism:
# Munch, Thomas, ”The Danish Reformers” in H.M.Scott (ed), Enlightened Absolutism. Reform and Reformers in Later Eighteenth-Century Europe, Macmillan, London, 1990. 20 p.
# Munch, Thomas, “Absolute Monarchy in later Eighteenth-century Denmark: Centralized Reform, Public Expectations, and the Copenhagen Press” In The Historical Journal, 41, 1 (1998), 23 p.
# Horstbøll, Henrik, ”Defending Monarchism in Denmark-Norway in the Eighteenth Century” in Blom, Laursen, Simonutti (eds), Monarchisms in the Age of Enlightenment, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2007. 19 p.
# Nevers, Jeppe, “The Transformation of Danish Monarchism in the Age of Enlightenment” In Ihalainen, 2011, 12 p.
-European influences on political ideas in Denmark-Norway and the Norwegian constitution of 1814:
# Tamm, Ditlev, “The Danish Debate about Montesquieu: Holberg, Kofod Ancher, Sneedorff, Schytte, and Stampe” In Haakonssen and Horstbøll (eds), Northern Antiquities and National Identities. Perceptions of Denmark and the North in the Eighteenth Century, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen 2007. 17 p.
# Horstbøll, Henrik, “Northern Identities and National History – Paul-Henri Mallet, Peter Frederik Suhm and Tyge Rothe” in Northern Antiquities and National Identities. Perceptions of Denmark and the North in the Eighteenth Century, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen 2007. 19 p.
# Lundgreen-Nielsen, “Concepts of Freedom Reflected in Danish Literature 1754-1802” in Northern Antiquities and National Identities. Perceptions of Denmark and the North in the Eighteenth Century, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen 2007. 26 p.
# Bregnsbo, Michael, “The Danish Way: Freedom and Absolutism. Political Theory and Identity in the Danish State ca. 1784-1800” In Northern Antiquities and National Identities. Perceptions of Denmark and the North in the Eighteenth Century, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen 2007. 10 p.
* Tønnesson, Kåre, “The Norwegian Constitution of 17 May 1814 – international influences and models” In Parliaments, Estates and Representation no. 21, November 2001. 11 p.
# Sandvik, Hilde, “Gender and Politics Before and After the Norwegian Constitution of 1814”, in Ihalainen, 2011, 13 p
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Primary sources:
For all students:
*Holberg, Ludvig, The Political Tinker, translated form Danish by O.J.Campbell, NY 1914 (65 p)
# Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, translated from French by Cohler, Miller and Stone, Cambridge University Press, 2000: Book 2, On laws deriving directly from the nature of the government (p. 10-20), Book 3, On the principles of the three governments (p. 21-30) and Book 5, That the laws given by the legislator should be relative to the principle of the government (p. 42-71).
#Rousseau, Jean-Jacques: The Social Contract and other later political writings, translated from French by Victor Gourevitch, Cambridge 2012: The Social Contract – Book 2 (p. 57-81)
#Schneewind (ed): Moral Philosophy from Montaigne to Kant, Cambridge 2003: Christian Wolff: “Reasonable Thoughts About the Actions of Men, for the Promotion of Their Happiness” (p. 331-350)
Excerpts from Law codes, bills and constitutions will be available for all students in Fronter by the beginning of the term.
A selection of primary sources in Danish, for the Scandinavian speaking students, is to be announced and available in Fronter by the beginning of the term
# in front of the title indicates that the text is part of the compendium for sale at Akademika bookshop.
*in front of the title indicates that the text is available digitally, from the University Library