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Freedom of Speech : the History of an Idea.

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Powers, Elizabeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Freedom of Speech: Contemporary Issues and a History; Libertas Philosophandi in the Eighteenth Century: Radical Enlightenment versus Moderate Enlightenment (1750-1776); In Praise of Moderate Enlightenment: A Taxonomy of Early Modern Arguments in Favor of Freedom of Expression; Cynicism as an Ideology behind Freedom of Expression in Denmark-Norway; Alexander Radishchev's Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow and the Limits of Freedom of Speech in the Reign of Catherine the Great*; Print vs. Speech: Censoring the Stage in Eighteenth-Century Vienna.
  • The Crisis of the Hispanic World: Tolerance and the Limits of Freedom of Expression in a Catholic Society1Rousseau, Constant, and the Emergence of the Modern Notion of Freedom of Speech; Toward an Archaeology of the First Amendment's Free Speech Protections; Conclusion: A Way Forward?; Milestones in the History of Freedom of Speech; Appendix I: Freedom of Expression in the Netherlands and Britain1; Appendix II: Freedom of Expression in Northern Europe, Habsburg Lands, and Russian Empire; Appendix III: Freedom of Expression in Spain1; Bibliography; Contributors.