27 июл 1795 г. - Patrick Colquhoun argues for the policing of cultural/recreational activities

Описание:

"In his 'Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis', first published in 1795, Patrick Coluhoun had thus argued:

'... it is [a considerable] feature in the science of Police to encourage, protect, and control such as tend to innocent recreation, to preserve the good humour of the Public, and to give the minds of the people a right bias... Since recreation is necessary to Civilised Society, all Public exhibitions should be rendered subservient to improvement of morals, and to the means of infusing into the mind a love of the Constitution, and a reverence and respect for the Laws...' (Colquhoun 1806: 347).

Source: Tony Bennett. The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics (1995). Pg. 19

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