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Freedom of speech : the history of an idea /
"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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lewisburg, Pa. : Lanham, Md. :
Bucknell University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield,
2011.
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| Colección: | Aperçus (Lewisburg, Pa.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 227 p.). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611483673 1611483670 1283302683 9781283302685 9786613302687 6613302686 |