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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part31.utf8:157677261:1520
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01520cam a22002894a 4500
001 2004018511
003 DLC
005 20060722164823.0
008 040805s2005 ilu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2004018511
020 $a0226662748 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aJC585$b.P395 2005
082 00 $a323.44$222
100 1 $aPeters, John Durham.
245 10 $aCourting the abyss :$bfree speech and the liberal tradition /$cJohn Durham Peters.
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c2005.
300 $aviii, 309 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 $aFreedom of expression$xHistory.
650 0 $aGood and evil$xHistory.
650 0 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004018511.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004018511-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004018511-d.html