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Author | : Jacob Mchangama |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2022-02-08 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 154162033X |
“The best history of free speech ever written and the best defense of free speech ever made.” —P.J. O’Rourke Hailed as the “first freedom,” free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a challenging principle, subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in democracies and authoritarian states around the world, it is on the retreat. In Free Speech, Jacob Mchangama traces the riveting legal, political, and cultural history of this idea. Through captivating stories of free speech’s many defenders—from the ancient Athenian orator Demosthenes and the ninth-century freethinker al-Rāzī, to the anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and modern-day digital activists—Mchangama reveals how the free exchange of ideas underlies all intellectual achievement and has enabled the advancement of both freedom and equality worldwide. Yet the desire to restrict speech, too, is a constant, and he explores how even its champions can be led down this path when the rise of new and contrarian voices challenge power and privilege of all stripes. Meticulously researched and deeply humane, Free Speech demonstrates how much we have gained from this principle—and how much we stand to lose without it.
Author | : Marshall T. Poe |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 483 |
Release | : 2010-12-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1139495577 |
A History of Communications advances a theory of media that explains the origins and impact of different forms of communication - speech, writing, print, electronic devices and the Internet - on human history in the long term. New media are 'pulled' into widespread use by broad historical trends and these media, once in widespread use, 'push' social institutions and beliefs in predictable directions. This view allows us to see for the first time what is truly new about the Internet, what is not, and where it is taking us.
Author | : Elizabeth Powers |
Publisher | : Bucknell University Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2011-09-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1611483670 |
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.
Author | : Mark Sweet |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-10 |
Genre | : New Zealand |
ISBN | : 9781775503958 |
It is 1960s provincial New Zealand, and a set of upper middle class families enjoy the good life together. But just under the surface of the conventionality, there are undercurrents. Adolescent Callum Gow's father is a bully, his mother is having an affair, and there are secrets about abuse, suicide and the past. In amongst this, Callum is trying to understand his growing identity and sexuality. His only refuge is his grandfather, but this is in danger as Callum's father has grandfather wrongfully committed as he won't agree to a merger of the family business. Callum has to resolve his internal conflicts about who he is and resist social conformity to rescue his grandfather, get himself and his mother away from his father's control and tell the truth about the past.
Author | : James Daley |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2013-09-18 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0486316505 |
This anthology presents 20 of the world's most influential public orations, including stirring addresses by Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Patrick Henry, and many other famous leaders.
Author | : Andreas H. Jucker |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2008-04-10 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027291411 |
Did earlier speakers of English use the same speech acts that we use today? Did they use them in the same way? How did they signal speech act values and how did they negotiate them in case of uncertainty? These are some of the questions that are addressed in this volume in innovative case studies that cover a wide range of speech acts from Old English to Present-day English. All the studies offer careful discussions of methodological and theoretical issues as well as detailed descriptions of specific speech acts. The first part of the volume is devoted to directives and commissives, i.e. speech acts such as requests, commands and promises. The second part is devoted to expressives and assertives and deals with speech acts such as greetings, compliments and apologies. The third part, finally, contains technical reports that deal primarily with the problem of extracting speech acts from historical corpora.
Author | : Vincent Blasi |
Publisher | : West Academic Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Freedom of expression |
ISBN | : 9781634599016 |
Softbound - New, softbound print book.
Author | : Michael Kent Curtis |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2000-11-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780822325291 |
A review chapter is also included to bring the story up-to-date."--Jacket.
Author | : Samuel Walker |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780803297517 |
Offers a chronological history of the U.S. policy on hate speech, which in most other countries is prohibited
Author | : |
Publisher | : ESENSI |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789790332683 |
Contains over 50 momentous speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations. This book includes biographies of each speaker, the history of why each speech was significant and what happened as a result. Black and white photography illustrates these key figures and moments in history.