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Courting the Abyss Free Speech and the Liberal Tradition

Paperback • 2020 • English • 1. edition

Courting the Abyss Free Speech and the Liberal Tradition

By John Durham Peters

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Courting the Abyss updates the philosophy of free expression for a world that is very different from the one in which it originated. The notion that a free society should allow Klansmen, neo-Nazis, sundry extremists, and pornographers to spread their doctrines as freely as everyone else has come increasingly under fire. At the same time, in the wake of 9/11, the Right and the Left continue to wage war over the utility of an absolute vision of free speech in a time of increased national security....Show more

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ISBN

9780226717784

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published year

2020

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Courting the Abyss Free Speech and the Liberal Tradition

Format

Paperback

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