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'Anonymous' Pamphleteers
Professor Chris Daly: One other feature of 18th C. pamphleteering deserves mention, one that may have a lot of relevance in other countries today where the Web is used for purposes of political insurrection.
Professor Chris Daly: One other feature of 18th C. pamphleteering deserves mention, one that may have a lot of relevance in other countries today where the Web is used for purposes of political insurrection.
That is, the pamphlet was preferred by the rebels because it did not provide any target for retaliation by the crown. It was a guerilla form of publishing in which an individual or small revolutionary group could make a point, then disappear.
This was in contrast to the more established printers. Typically, the printer owned his shop, his press, his tools and all his stock. If he antagonized the Crown, they knew just where to find him, and the king's agents could easily shut him down.
The hit-and-run, anonymous pamphleteer, on the other hand, was almost impossible to find and, thus, to stop.
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History is repeating itself. We are the new Pamphleteers.
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History is repeating itself. We are the new Pamphleteers.
