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Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

Ethical Economy, 2017

In the early nineteenth century it was not at all evident what kind of a science, if at all, poli... more In the early nineteenth century it was not at all evident what kind of a science, if at all, political economy was supposed to be. Writers of the discipline attempted to establish themselves as members of a scientific field, while being attacked by socialist and working-class opponents for being capitalist interest disguised as science. Drawing on material from the working-class periodical literature and private correspondences of the political economists in Britain and France, this chapter explores the struggle over the scientific status of the political economists in the 1820s to 1840s. By comparing the debates across the Channel the chapter shows both the national differences and the border-crossing inspirations for the political economists and the socialist movements alike. The chapter argues that the struggle over the status of political economy in this period needs to be understood as a struggle between competing economic rationalities. This struggle was instrumental in the lasting theoretical cooperation between French and British liberal economic thinkers, who aimed at placing the principles of unhindered trade at the basis of any acceptable economic policy.

Victorian Periodicals Review, 2017

The London based Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and its many foreign connections f... more The London based Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and its many foreign connections formed a widely dispersed useful knowledge network, through which print, woodcuts, and educational theories circulated. Based on archival research this article expands the geographical scope of SDUK scholarship. Scholars have almost exclusively focused on the British context, overlooking its international importance. The article argues that the SDUK version of useful knowledge served widely different purposes depending on the local contexts it was exported to. For example, while some deemed the SDUK as being too secular evangelical missionaries abroad found great usage in their cheap literature. Through a selection of local contexts including China, Scandinavia and the Americas, the article place the SDUK in its contemporary worldwide educational context and show the versatile character of useful knowledge periodicals.

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

In this paper, we argue for craftivism as a form of social activism with a political depth reache... more In this paper, we argue for craftivism as a form of social activism with a political depth reached through making. From Mary Wollstonecraft to the suffragettes, Betsy Greer to DIY, craftivism has had a place in feminist activism. The human tradition for making objects combined with the online possibility of documentation, has made craftivism a political weapon. But it is a soft weapon, where the power lies in the pain and suffering it reminds us off. This protest is often performed by women and history shows that this is why craft has been seen as something other than art, and as a form of political protest today. This article ties the history of feminist craft to the current movement of craftivism, arguing for this art herstory to be part of the canon and part of a political solution.

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

a n m e l d e l s e r 2 0 1 0 · n u m m e r 5 8 T h o m a s p . J o h a n s e n Hån dens vaerk Gl... more a n m e l d e l s e r 2 0 1 0 · n u m m e r 5 8 T h o m a s p . J o h a n s e n Hån dens vaerk Glenn Adamson (red.): The Craft Reader, Berg, Oxford, 2010, 642 sider, £24.99.

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

In this paper, we argue for craftivism as a form of social activism with a political depth reache... more In this paper, we argue for craftivism as a form of social activism with a political depth reached through making. From Mary Wollstonecraft to the suffragettes, Betsy Greer to DIY, craftivism has had a place in feminist activism. The human tradition for making objects combined with the online possibility of documentation, has made craftivism a political weapon. But it is a soft weapon, where the power lies in the pain and suffering it reminds us off. This protest is often performed by women and history shows that this is why craft has been seen as something other than art, and as a form of political protest today. This article ties the history of feminist craft to the current movement of craftivism, arguing for this art herstory to be part of the canon and part of a political solution.

Hvad er arbejde? Hvor går dets graenser? Hvorfor har man vurderet forskellige typer arbejde så fo... more Hvad er arbejde? Hvor går dets graenser? Hvorfor har man vurderet forskellige typer arbejde så forskelligt i historiens løb? Slagmark inviterer bidragydere til at besvare disse og flere spørgsmål i et nummer dedikeret til arbejdets idéhistorie. Arbejde er et historisk kampbegreb som har vaeret brugt som demarkeringskategori af sociale grupper til både selvidentifika-tion og til vurdering af andre. Forskellige typer arbejde og arbejdere er blevet vurderet på vidt forskellige måder i historiens løb: Guds søn var som bekendt tømrer; for antikke filosoffer som Platon og Aristoteles var manuelt arbejde et nødvendigt onde, som var uvaerdigt for den atheniensiske elite, der skulle holdes frie til at beskaeftige sig med politik og filosofi; og senere, under kapitalismen og den industrielle revolution, måtte den nye lønarbejderklasse selv tilkaempe sig rettigheder og anerken-delse. Kvinder har selv måttet kaempe for anerkendelse af det huslige arbejde, de ofte har vaeret henvist til, eller de har måttet tilkaempe sig adgang til andre typer arbejde. Handelsmanden, bonden, husmoderen og håndvaerkeren har til forskellige ti-der vaeret henholdsvis ophøjet til positive idealtyper eller blevet betragtet som uvaerdige, ligegyldige eller syndige mennesker. De seneste år har set en lang raekke nye udgivelser, der handler om arbejdets fremtid, automatisering og postkapitalisme. Her rejses aktuelle spørgsmål om hvorvidt arbejdet snart bliver overflødiggjort, og om der er behov for et helt nyt arbejdsbegreb? Det er idéhistoriens opgave at historisere denne nye arbejdslitteratur. Slagmark efterlyser derfor kritiske analyser af arbejdsbe-grebet indenfor disse aktuelle strømninger, og af hvordan f.eks. økonomi og teknologisk udvikling spiller ind på de faenomenet. Med dette nummer af Slagmark ønsker vi at belyse, hvordan begrebet " arbejde " er blevet brugt og forstået i forskellige historiske og sociale kontekster fra antikken til i dag. Bidrag kan behandle (men er ikke begraensede til) følgende temaer og spørgsmål: • Hvordan har graenserne mellem arbejde og fritid-arbejdsliv og privatliv-vaeret defineret og hvordan har de aendret sig? • Hvilke dyder er historisk blevet tilskrevet arbejdet eller specifikke arbejdsformer og typer af arbejdere? • Hvilke forestillinger om arbejde og arbejdere skabte den klassiske arbejderbevaegelse? Og hvad med fagbevaegelsen i dag? • Hvilken status har kvinders arbejde haft og hvordan har kvinders arbejde og forestillinger herom forandret sig over tid? • Hvordan har forskellige historiske aktører forsøgt at drage graenser og opstille hierarkier over de forskellige arbejdsfor-mer? • Hvilke forhold har der historisk vaeret mellem manuelt og intellektuelt arbejde? • Hvilke funktioner har forskellige idéer om arbejde haft for f.eks. økonomisk taenkning, religion, uddannelse/opdragelse, politik, nationalidentitet og modernisering af stat og samfund? • Hvilken betydning har arbejdet i de nutidige analyser af teknologisk arbejdsløshed og det post-industrielle samfund? Og hvad er fremtiden for arbejde som idé, forestilling og begreb? Deadline for indsendelse af artikel er (naturligvis) 1. maj 2017 Artiklens omfang er maksimum 30.000 anslag alt inklusive. Artikler accepteres på dansk, svensk og norsk. Skrive-vejledningen findes på www.slagmark.dk. Vejledningen skal følges for, at artikler kan blive godkendt til peer-review. Eventuelle abstracts og spørgsmål kan sendes til slagmark@cas.au.dk. Slagmark modtager også artikler til peer-review uden for tema (Intermezzo), debatindlaeg (Slagmark Debat) og boganmeldelser. Kontakt os for mere information. Deadline: 1. maj 2017 Udkommer efterår 2017

Peer reviewed articles by Thomas Palmelund Johansen

Victorian Periodicals Review, Dec 2017

The London based Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and its many foreign connections f... more The London based Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and its many foreign connections formed a widely dispersed useful knowledge network, through which print, woodcuts, and educational theories circulated. Based on archival research this article expands the geographical scope of SDUK scholarship. Scholars have almost exclusively focused on the British context, overlooking its international importance. The article argues that the SDUK version of useful knowledge served widely different purposes depending on the local contexts it was exported to. For example, while some deemed the SDUK as being too secular evangelical missionaries abroad found great usage in their cheap literature. Through a selection of local contexts including China, Scandinavia and the Americas, the article place the SDUK in its contemporary worldwide educational context and show the versatile character of useful knowledge periodicals.

Operating from London between 1826 and 1848, the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (S... more Operating from London between 1826 and 1848, the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) was one of the most ambitious educational projects of the nineteenth century. By spreading cheap secular books and periodicals on "scientific" and "useful" knowledge, the Society and its numerous members sought to diffuse ideas about Western science and civilization, not only within the British Isles, but also all throughout the British Empire and the world.

The graph below shows the span of connections from the London-based philanthropic society: within its correspondence network were fellow scientific institutions, public educators, publishers, and local committees from across the globe. The data stems from records found in the SDUK archives held at University College London Special Collections and the work of Monica C. Grobel in her 4-volume University of London thesis “Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1826-1848,” written in 1933.

Each node is laid out according to its geographical location, placed through geo-coordinates on a Mercator-projected world map. Each type of node on the map has been given its own color: SDUK and local committees are red, scientific academies and major institutions are blue, imitating societies/mechanics’ libraries and institutions are light blue, and publishers and translators are green. Labels marked with squared brackets are the names given in the source material and Appendix VIII of Grobel's thesis, which lists all the connections she had identified during research. In its temporal dimensions, the graph is static, so that all the connections during its period of operation from 1826 to 1848 are shown in one graph.

The abstract is published online only. If you did not include a short abstract for the online ver... more The abstract is published online only. If you did not include a short abstract for the online version when you submitted the manuscript, the first paragraph or the first 10 lines of the chapter will be displayed here. If possible, please provide us with an informative abstract.

Intellectual History of Economic Normativities, 2016

Passage - Tidsskrift for litteratur og kritik, 2014

Book reviews by Thomas Palmelund Johansen

The British Journal for the History of Science, 2015

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

Ethical Economy, 2017

In the early nineteenth century it was not at all evident what kind of a science, if at all, poli... more In the early nineteenth century it was not at all evident what kind of a science, if at all, political economy was supposed to be. Writers of the discipline attempted to establish themselves as members of a scientific field, while being attacked by socialist and working-class opponents for being capitalist interest disguised as science. Drawing on material from the working-class periodical literature and private correspondences of the political economists in Britain and France, this chapter explores the struggle over the scientific status of the political economists in the 1820s to 1840s. By comparing the debates across the Channel the chapter shows both the national differences and the border-crossing inspirations for the political economists and the socialist movements alike. The chapter argues that the struggle over the status of political economy in this period needs to be understood as a struggle between competing economic rationalities. This struggle was instrumental in the lasting theoretical cooperation between French and British liberal economic thinkers, who aimed at placing the principles of unhindered trade at the basis of any acceptable economic policy.

Victorian Periodicals Review, 2017

The London based Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and its many foreign connections f... more The London based Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and its many foreign connections formed a widely dispersed useful knowledge network, through which print, woodcuts, and educational theories circulated. Based on archival research this article expands the geographical scope of SDUK scholarship. Scholars have almost exclusively focused on the British context, overlooking its international importance. The article argues that the SDUK version of useful knowledge served widely different purposes depending on the local contexts it was exported to. For example, while some deemed the SDUK as being too secular evangelical missionaries abroad found great usage in their cheap literature. Through a selection of local contexts including China, Scandinavia and the Americas, the article place the SDUK in its contemporary worldwide educational context and show the versatile character of useful knowledge periodicals.

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

In this paper, we argue for craftivism as a form of social activism with a political depth reache... more In this paper, we argue for craftivism as a form of social activism with a political depth reached through making. From Mary Wollstonecraft to the suffragettes, Betsy Greer to DIY, craftivism has had a place in feminist activism. The human tradition for making objects combined with the online possibility of documentation, has made craftivism a political weapon. But it is a soft weapon, where the power lies in the pain and suffering it reminds us off. This protest is often performed by women and history shows that this is why craft has been seen as something other than art, and as a form of political protest today. This article ties the history of feminist craft to the current movement of craftivism, arguing for this art herstory to be part of the canon and part of a political solution.

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

a n m e l d e l s e r 2 0 1 0 · n u m m e r 5 8 T h o m a s p . J o h a n s e n Hån dens vaerk Gl... more a n m e l d e l s e r 2 0 1 0 · n u m m e r 5 8 T h o m a s p . J o h a n s e n Hån dens vaerk Glenn Adamson (red.): The Craft Reader, Berg, Oxford, 2010, 642 sider, £24.99.

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

Slagmark - Tidsskrift for idéhistorie

In this paper, we argue for craftivism as a form of social activism with a political depth reache... more In this paper, we argue for craftivism as a form of social activism with a political depth reached through making. From Mary Wollstonecraft to the suffragettes, Betsy Greer to DIY, craftivism has had a place in feminist activism. The human tradition for making objects combined with the online possibility of documentation, has made craftivism a political weapon. But it is a soft weapon, where the power lies in the pain and suffering it reminds us off. This protest is often performed by women and history shows that this is why craft has been seen as something other than art, and as a form of political protest today. This article ties the history of feminist craft to the current movement of craftivism, arguing for this art herstory to be part of the canon and part of a political solution.

Hvad er arbejde? Hvor går dets graenser? Hvorfor har man vurderet forskellige typer arbejde så fo... more Hvad er arbejde? Hvor går dets graenser? Hvorfor har man vurderet forskellige typer arbejde så forskelligt i historiens løb? Slagmark inviterer bidragydere til at besvare disse og flere spørgsmål i et nummer dedikeret til arbejdets idéhistorie. Arbejde er et historisk kampbegreb som har vaeret brugt som demarkeringskategori af sociale grupper til både selvidentifika-tion og til vurdering af andre. Forskellige typer arbejde og arbejdere er blevet vurderet på vidt forskellige måder i historiens løb: Guds søn var som bekendt tømrer; for antikke filosoffer som Platon og Aristoteles var manuelt arbejde et nødvendigt onde, som var uvaerdigt for den atheniensiske elite, der skulle holdes frie til at beskaeftige sig med politik og filosofi; og senere, under kapitalismen og den industrielle revolution, måtte den nye lønarbejderklasse selv tilkaempe sig rettigheder og anerken-delse. Kvinder har selv måttet kaempe for anerkendelse af det huslige arbejde, de ofte har vaeret henvist til, eller de har måttet tilkaempe sig adgang til andre typer arbejde. Handelsmanden, bonden, husmoderen og håndvaerkeren har til forskellige ti-der vaeret henholdsvis ophøjet til positive idealtyper eller blevet betragtet som uvaerdige, ligegyldige eller syndige mennesker. De seneste år har set en lang raekke nye udgivelser, der handler om arbejdets fremtid, automatisering og postkapitalisme. Her rejses aktuelle spørgsmål om hvorvidt arbejdet snart bliver overflødiggjort, og om der er behov for et helt nyt arbejdsbegreb? Det er idéhistoriens opgave at historisere denne nye arbejdslitteratur. Slagmark efterlyser derfor kritiske analyser af arbejdsbe-grebet indenfor disse aktuelle strømninger, og af hvordan f.eks. økonomi og teknologisk udvikling spiller ind på de faenomenet. Med dette nummer af Slagmark ønsker vi at belyse, hvordan begrebet " arbejde " er blevet brugt og forstået i forskellige historiske og sociale kontekster fra antikken til i dag. Bidrag kan behandle (men er ikke begraensede til) følgende temaer og spørgsmål: • Hvordan har graenserne mellem arbejde og fritid-arbejdsliv og privatliv-vaeret defineret og hvordan har de aendret sig? • Hvilke dyder er historisk blevet tilskrevet arbejdet eller specifikke arbejdsformer og typer af arbejdere? • Hvilke forestillinger om arbejde og arbejdere skabte den klassiske arbejderbevaegelse? Og hvad med fagbevaegelsen i dag? • Hvilken status har kvinders arbejde haft og hvordan har kvinders arbejde og forestillinger herom forandret sig over tid? • Hvordan har forskellige historiske aktører forsøgt at drage graenser og opstille hierarkier over de forskellige arbejdsfor-mer? • Hvilke forhold har der historisk vaeret mellem manuelt og intellektuelt arbejde? • Hvilke funktioner har forskellige idéer om arbejde haft for f.eks. økonomisk taenkning, religion, uddannelse/opdragelse, politik, nationalidentitet og modernisering af stat og samfund? • Hvilken betydning har arbejdet i de nutidige analyser af teknologisk arbejdsløshed og det post-industrielle samfund? Og hvad er fremtiden for arbejde som idé, forestilling og begreb? Deadline for indsendelse af artikel er (naturligvis) 1. maj 2017 Artiklens omfang er maksimum 30.000 anslag alt inklusive. Artikler accepteres på dansk, svensk og norsk. Skrive-vejledningen findes på www.slagmark.dk. Vejledningen skal følges for, at artikler kan blive godkendt til peer-review. Eventuelle abstracts og spørgsmål kan sendes til slagmark@cas.au.dk. Slagmark modtager også artikler til peer-review uden for tema (Intermezzo), debatindlaeg (Slagmark Debat) og boganmeldelser. Kontakt os for mere information. Deadline: 1. maj 2017 Udkommer efterår 2017

Victorian Periodicals Review, Dec 2017

The London based Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and its many foreign connections f... more The London based Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and its many foreign connections formed a widely dispersed useful knowledge network, through which print, woodcuts, and educational theories circulated. Based on archival research this article expands the geographical scope of SDUK scholarship. Scholars have almost exclusively focused on the British context, overlooking its international importance. The article argues that the SDUK version of useful knowledge served widely different purposes depending on the local contexts it was exported to. For example, while some deemed the SDUK as being too secular evangelical missionaries abroad found great usage in their cheap literature. Through a selection of local contexts including China, Scandinavia and the Americas, the article place the SDUK in its contemporary worldwide educational context and show the versatile character of useful knowledge periodicals.

Operating from London between 1826 and 1848, the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (S... more Operating from London between 1826 and 1848, the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) was one of the most ambitious educational projects of the nineteenth century. By spreading cheap secular books and periodicals on "scientific" and "useful" knowledge, the Society and its numerous members sought to diffuse ideas about Western science and civilization, not only within the British Isles, but also all throughout the British Empire and the world.

The graph below shows the span of connections from the London-based philanthropic society: within its correspondence network were fellow scientific institutions, public educators, publishers, and local committees from across the globe. The data stems from records found in the SDUK archives held at University College London Special Collections and the work of Monica C. Grobel in her 4-volume University of London thesis “Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1826-1848,” written in 1933.

Each node is laid out according to its geographical location, placed through geo-coordinates on a Mercator-projected world map. Each type of node on the map has been given its own color: SDUK and local committees are red, scientific academies and major institutions are blue, imitating societies/mechanics’ libraries and institutions are light blue, and publishers and translators are green. Labels marked with squared brackets are the names given in the source material and Appendix VIII of Grobel's thesis, which lists all the connections she had identified during research. In its temporal dimensions, the graph is static, so that all the connections during its period of operation from 1826 to 1848 are shown in one graph.

The abstract is published online only. If you did not include a short abstract for the online ver... more The abstract is published online only. If you did not include a short abstract for the online version when you submitted the manuscript, the first paragraph or the first 10 lines of the chapter will be displayed here. If possible, please provide us with an informative abstract.

Intellectual History of Economic Normativities, 2016

Passage - Tidsskrift for litteratur og kritik, 2014