Vol. 4 No. 1 (2015)

Published: 2026-06-04

Articles

Introduction to the Special Issue of Human Figurations on Civilising Offensives

John Flint, Bernard Kruithof, Ryan Powell
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The Dutch bourgeois civilising offensive in the nineteenth century

Bernard Kruithof
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Beschavingsoffensief (civilising offensive): from sociological concept to moral appeal

Ali de Regt
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Home from Home: UK civilising offensives in residential childcare

Stephen Vertigans
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Balances between civilising processes and offensives: Adult-child relations in Irish primary schools from the mid-nineteenth century

Paddy Dolan
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Thatcher's civilising offensive: The Ridley Plan to decivilise the working class

Matt Clement
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Containing the Urban Poor: Coercion or Consent? Disciplining Missions and Civilising Offensives in the Netherlands

Rob van Ginkel
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'We are not long-haired hippies ' Civilising offensives, suffering, doping and professional cycling

John Connolly
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Civilising offensives and decivilising processes: between the emic and the etic

Stephen Mennell
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Thomas Allen, Neil Armstrong, Gwenith Siobhan Cross, Bowen Paulle, Dieter Reicher, Cas Wouters
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