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Courting the abyss : free speech and liberal tradition
- Title
- Courting the abyss : free speech and liberal tradition / John Durham Peters.
- Author
- Peters, John Durham.
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 309 p.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 05-4789
- ISBN
- 0226662748 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004018511
- OCLC
- 56111746
- Author
- Peters, John Durham.
- Title
- Courting the abyss : free speech and liberal tradition / John Durham Peters.
- Imprint
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 05-4789