Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Rousseau and l’Infâme
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9401206651
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Ecrasez l’infâme! Voltaire’s rallying cry against fanaticism resonates with new force today. Nothing suggests the complex legacy of the Enlightenment more than the struggle of superstition, prejudice, and intolerance advocated by most of the Enlightenment philosophers, regardless of their ideological differences. The aim of this book is to undertake a reconsideration of the controversies surrounding the questions of religion, toleration, and fanaticism in the eighteenth century through an examination of Rousseau’s dialogue with Voltaire. What come to light from this confrontation are two leading and at times competing world views and conceptions of the place of the engaged writer in society.
Catalogue of the Historical Library of A.D. White
Author: Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum ...
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
Book Description
Catalogue of the Historical Library of Andrew Dickson White
Author: Cornell University. LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: From the Monarchy to the Republic in France, 1788-1792
Author: Sophia H. MacLehosePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
National Register of Microform Masters, 1965-1975
Author: Library of Congress. Catalog Publication DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books on microfilm
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Catalogue of the Historical Library of Andrew Dickson White: The French revolution
Author: Cornell University. Library. President White LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Free Speech
Author: Jacob MchangamaPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 154162033X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
“The best history of free speech ever written and the best defense of free speech ever made.” —P.J. O’Rourke Hailed as the “first freedom,” free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a challenging principle, subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in democracies and authoritarian states around the world, it is on the retreat. In Free Speech, Jacob Mchangama traces the riveting legal, political, and cultural history of this idea. Through captivating stories of free speech’s many defenders—from the ancient Athenian orator Demosthenes and the ninth-century freethinker al-Rāzī, to the anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and modern-day digital activists—Mchangama reveals how the free exchange of ideas underlies all intellectual achievement and has enabled the advancement of both freedom and equality worldwide. Yet the desire to restrict speech, too, is a constant, and he explores how even its champions can be led down this path when the rise of new and contrarian voices challenge power and privilege of all stripes. Meticulously researched and deeply humane, Free Speech demonstrates how much we have gained from this principle—and how much we stand to lose without it.