Courting the abyss : free speech and the liberal tradition / John Durham Peters.

By: Peters, John DurhamMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005Description: viii, 309 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0226662748; 9780226662749Subject(s): Freedom of expression -- History | Good and evil -- History | Political science -- Philosophy -- History
Contents:
Introduction: hard-hearted liberalism -- Saint Paul's shudder -- "Evil be thou my good": Milton and abyss-redemption -- Publicity and pain -- Homeopathic machismo in free speech theory -- Social science as public communication -- "Watch, therefore": suffering and the informed citizen -- "Meekness as a dangerous activity": witnessing as participation -- Conclusion: responsibility to things that are not.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: hard-hearted liberalism -- Saint Paul's shudder -- "Evil be thou my good": Milton and abyss-redemption -- Publicity and pain -- Homeopathic machismo in free speech theory -- Social science as public communication -- "Watch, therefore": suffering and the informed citizen -- "Meekness as a dangerous activity": witnessing as participation -- Conclusion: responsibility to things that are not.

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