The QT

Monday 2 December 2024
02/12/2024

Author name: Bethany Usher

Let’s have a civilised debate

The terms “civilised” and “society” were always contested.  As forged in fiery furnaces of early modern newspapers, “civilised society” usually meant white, upper middle-class and aristocratic conservative men. They were utterly convinced of the rationality of their social position and very invested in keeping it. You might find the odd remnant lurking like decaying Victorian …

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