Freedom of speech : the history of an idea /

Freedom of speech : the history of an idea /

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Imprint:	Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xxv, 227 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Aperçus Aperçus (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Subject:	Freedom of speech -- History. Freedom of speech. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11403684

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Other authors / contributors:	Powers, Elizabeth, 1944- Bucknell University Press.
ISBN:	9781611483673 1611483670 1283302683 9781283302685 9786613302687 6613302686 9781611483857 9781611483666
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English.
Summary:	"The essays in this volume portray the public debates concerning freedom of speech in the eighteenth-century in France and Britain as well as 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 suggest that twenty-first-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 triumphalist Enlightenment narrative of universalism and tolerance that masks these divisions and the disparate national contributions to freedom of speech and other liberal rights"--Provided by publisher
Other form:	Print version: Freedom of speech : the history of an ideaduction. Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2011 9781611483666 9781611483857
Standard no.:	9786613302687

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Summary:	The essays in this volume portrays the public debates concerning freedom of speech in the 18th century in France and Britain as well as Austria, Denmark, Russia, and Spain and its American territories. 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 universalist narrative that masks these disparate national contributions to freedom of speech and other liberal rights.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxv, 227 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781611483673 1611483670 1283302683 9781283302685 9786613302687 6613302686 9781611483857 9781611483666