Minorities and the culture of science and technology. A case study of Birmingham Dissenters 1760-1820
This paper explores the link between minority religious groups and technological or inventive activity in eighteenth-century England. It goes without saying that social scientists and historians have long considered religion and worldly behaviour to constitute an important site of interaction. The s...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:dht_989 https://doi.org/10.4000/dht.989 urn:doi:10.4000/dht.989 fr https://journals.openedition.org/dht/989 2010-10-21T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/f61h All rights reserved Minorities and the culture of science and technology. A case study of Birmingham Dissenters 1760-1820 Documents pour l'histoire des techniques Centre d'histoire des techniques et de l'environnement du Cnam (CDHTE-Cnam) Société des élèves du CDHTE-Cnam info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1775-4194 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0417-8726 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/dht Jones, Peter M. technology Birmingham science natural philosophy Newtonians networks capitalism Dissents Quakers Presbyterians Puritans Matthew Boulton James Watt technologie Birmingham science philosophie naturelle newtoniens réseaux capitalisme non-conformistes quakers presbytériens puritains Matthew Boulton James Watt This paper explores the link between minority religious groups and technological or inventive activity in eighteenth-century England. It goes without saying that social scientists and historians have long considered religion and worldly behaviour to constitute an important site of interaction. The supposed link between “dissenting” religion (Calvinism) and entrepreneurship, in particular, has received sustained scrutiny. It remains exceedingly difficult to demonstrate a general causal relationship in this area, however. Indeed, modern cultural interpreters of the history of science and technology tend to question the existence of any such relationship. The paper is based on a case study of scientific and entrepreneurial activity in Birmingham and the West Midlands during the period circa 1760-1820. This research is ongoing. Cette communication concerne un problème qui préoccupe depuis longtemps les historiens et les sociologues : les minorités religieuses ont-elles facilité la circulation des savoirs scientifiques et techniques à l’époque moderne ? On sait que le lien supposé entre la religion réformée (surtout le calvinisme) et le capitalisme a suscité maintes interrogations de la part des chercheurs. À partir d’une étude approfondie de Birmingham et des West Midlands à l’aube de l’ère industrielle, nous tentons dans cet article d’identifier une « culture spécifique » aux non-conformistes de la ville et de ses alentours. Malgré les hypothèses de Max Weber ou de Robert Merton, il s’avère difficile de cerner une « éthique protestante ». Seuls les quakers semblent avoir affiché une culture spécifique. Mais l’on verra que leur théologie illuministe a eu du mal à résister aux pressions à la fois politiques et sécularisantes du siècle des Lumières. Il ne s’agit ici que d’une première approche, car les recherches sont en cours. |
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technology Birmingham science natural philosophy Newtonians networks capitalism Dissents Quakers Presbyterians Puritans Matthew Boulton James Watt technologie Birmingham science philosophie naturelle newtoniens réseaux capitalisme non-conformistes quakers presbytériens puritains Matthew Boulton James Watt Jones, Peter M. Minorities and the culture of science and technology. A case study of Birmingham Dissenters 1760-1820 |
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This paper explores the link between minority religious groups and technological or inventive activity in eighteenth-century England. It goes without saying that social scientists and historians have long considered religion and worldly behaviour to constitute an important site of interaction. The supposed link between “dissenting” religion (Calvinism) and entrepreneurship, in particular, has received sustained scrutiny. It remains exceedingly difficult to demonstrate a general causal relationship in this area, however. Indeed, modern cultural interpreters of the history of science and technology tend to question the existence of any such relationship. The paper is based on a case study of scientific and entrepreneurial activity in Birmingham and the West Midlands during the period circa 1760-1820. This research is ongoing. |
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Jones, Peter M. |
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Minorities and the culture of science and technology. A case study of Birmingham Dissenters 1760-1820 |
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Minorities and the culture of science and technology. A case study of Birmingham Dissenters 1760-1820 |
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Minorities and the culture of science and technology. A case study of Birmingham Dissenters 1760-1820 |
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