What Is Free Speech?: The History of a Dangerous Idea
by Fara Dabhoiwala
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"Faramerz Dabhoiwala argues that free speech, though a central democratic value, owes its origin and evolution less to high-minded ideals than to venal interests. Shaped by greed, technological change, and the insoluble challenges of slander and falsehood, free speech is inherently contradictory-both a basis of liberty and a weapon of the powerful."--Tags
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- 323.44 — Society, government, & culture Political science Civil Rights & Liberties/ Human Rights The state and the individual Liberty
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- JC591 .D42 — Political Science Political theory Political theory. The state. Theories of the state Purpose, functions, and relations of the state
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