The Civilising Offensive

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2019

The Civilising Offensive

Social and educational reform in 19th century Belgium

Edited by: Christoph De Spiegeleer

Volume 1 in the series New Perspectives on the History of Liberalism and Freethought

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110581546

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"This volume offers a multifaceted selection of studies on 19^th-century Belgian reformers and initiatives they instigated to solve the ‘social question’ by ‘civilising’ and moralising the lower classes. Around 1850 Belgium was continental Europe’s most heavily industrialised state. From the mid-century until the Belle Époque many international social reform associations were based in Belgium, as well as their main international actors. This book aims to place the history of social, moral and educational reform in Belgium during the long 19^th century within a broader European perspective. This collection of contributions by both young and established scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds not only fills some gaps in Belgian historiography, but also offers a better understanding of broad epochal processes such as the bourgeois civilising offensive, the expansion of educational action and the historical growth of welfare states.

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Christoph De Spiegeleer, Liberas

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
1. New Perspectives on Social and Educational Reform during the Long Nineteenth Century. An Introduction Christoph De Spiegeleer Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I. Social-Pedagogical Perspectives on Social and Educational Reform
2. “On voit bien que c′est un petit malheureux des Hospices”. The Child, the Body and the Bath in Nineteenth-Century Belgium: a Cure for the Future? Lieselot De Wilde, Bruno Vanobbergen and Michel Vandenbroeck Open Access Download PDF	29
3. The Social Question as an Urban Question. A Social-Pedagogical Analysis of Participatory Initiatives in Rabot (Ghent) during the Nineteenth Century Evelyne Deceur, Maria Bouverne-De Bie and Angelo Van Gorp Open Access Download PDF	51
Part II. New Topics in the History of Social and Educational Reform
4. Catholic Fundraising to Educate the Poor. The History of the Société Civile du Crédit de la Charité (1855–1878) Stijn Van de Perre Open Access Download PDF	75
5. Putting the Rural World on the Road of Progress? Experiences of Failure by Local Activists of the Belgian Education League (c. 1865–1884) Christina Reimann Open Access Download PDF	103
6. Schools of Decency and Discipline. Social Reform and People’s Restaurants in the Low Countries (1860s–1914) Jeffrey Tyssens Open Access Download PDF	131
Part III. Transnational Connections and Circulations
7. The Opposite of Dante’s Hell? The Transfer of Ideas for Social Housing at International Congresses in the 1850s– 1860s Carmen Van Praet Open Access Download PDF	163
8. (Re‐)educational Internationalism in the Low Countries, 1850–1914 Amandine Thiry, Thomas D’haeninck and Christophe Verbruggen Open Access Download PDF	189
9. The Intellectual Mobility of Auguste Wagener (1829–1896) in a Transnational Network of Social Reform. A Cross-Border History Thomas D’haeninck Open Access Download PDF	217
Notes on Authors Open Access Download PDF	233
Index of Names Open Access Download PDF	235

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Academics, students (history, pedagogy, social work) and readers with advanced knowledge of/interest in 19th-century history
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- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 237
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- Illustrations: 16

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Social and educational reform in 19th century Belgium