Freedom of speech : the history of an idea / edited by Elizabeth Powers.

Other author Powers, Elizabeth, 1944-
Format Book
Publication InfoLewisburg, Pa. : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2011.
Descriptionxxv, 227 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Freedom of speech--History.

SeriesAperçus : histories, texts, cultures. A Bucknell series
Aperçus (Lewisburg, Pa.) ^A587191
Contents Introduction. Freedom of speech : contemporary issues and a history / Elizabeth Powers -- Libertas philosophandi in the eighteenth century : radical enlightenment versus moderate enlightenment (1750-1776) / Jonathan I. Israel -- In praise of moderate enlightenment : a taxonomy of early moderate arguments in favor of freedom of expression / Joris van Eijnatten -- Cynicism as an ideology behind freedom of expression in Denmark-Norway / John Christian Laursen -- Alexander Radishchev's Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow and the limits of freedom of speech in the reign of Catherine the Great / Douglas Smith -- Print versus speech : censoring the stage in eighteenth century Vienna / Paula Sutter Fichtner -- The crisis of the Hispanic world : tolerance and the limits of freedom of expression in a Catholic society / Javier Fernández Sebastián -- Rousseau, Constant, and the emergence of the modern notion of speech / Helena Rosenblatt -- Toward an archaeology of the First Amendment's free speech protections / Lee Morrissey -- Conclusion. A way forward? / Elizabeth Powers.
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-219) and index.
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Joyner General Stacks K3254 .F745 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold