| Freedom of Speech: The History of an Idea Contributor(s): Powers, Elizabeth (Author), Eijnatten, Joris Van (Contribution by), Sebastián, Javier Fernández (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1611483859 ISBN-13: 9781611483857 Publisher: Bucknell University Press OUR PRICE: $57.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Civil Rights - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 342.085 |
| LCCN: 2011028338 |
| Series: Apercus: Histories, Texts, Cultures (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this volume portray the debates concerning freedom of speech in eighteenth-century France and Britain as well as in Austria, Denmark, Russia, and Spain and its American territories. Representing the views of both moderate and radical eighteenth-century thinkers, these essays by eminent scholars discover that twenty-fi rst-century controversies regarding the extent of permissible speech have their origins in the eighteenth century. The economic integration of Europe and its offshoots over the past three centuries into a distinctive cultural product, "the West," has given rise to a triumphant Enlightenment narrative of universalism and tolerance that masks these divisions and the disparate national contributions to freedom of speech and other liberal rights. |