Early French and German defenses of freedom of the press : Elie Luzac's essay on Freedom of expression, 1749 and Carl Friedrich Bahrdt's On freedom of the press and its limits, 1787 in English translation / / edited by John Christion Laursen and Johan van der Zande

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783478003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-280-46743-6; 9786610467433; 1-4237-1221-8; 90-474-0218-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 176 pages)
• Collana: Brill's studies in intellectual history, , 0920-8607
• Altri autori (Persone): LaursenJohn Christian; ZandeJohan van der; LuzacElie <1721-1796.>; BahrdtKarl Friedrich <1741-1792.>
• Disciplina: 323.44/5/0943
• Soggetti: Freedom of the press - France; Freedom of the press - Germany
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / John Christian Laursen and Johan van der Zande -- General Introduction / John Christian Laursen and Johan van der Zande -- Introduction to Elie Luzac, An Essay on Freedom of Expression (1749) / Wyger R.E. Velema -- An Essay on Freedom of Expression / Elie Luzac -- Introduction to Carl Friedrich Bahrdt, On Freedom of the Press and Its Limits (1787) / John Christian Laursen and Johan van der Zande -- On Freedom of the Press and its Limits: For Consideration by Rulers, Censors, and Writers / Carl Friedrich Bahrdt -- Index / John Christian Laursen and Johan van der Zande.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume contains English translations of two important early French and German defences of freedom of the press. Almost unknown in the English-speaking world, these texts demonstrate that freedom of the press was an important issue in other parts of Europe in the early modern period, giving rise to articulate theories. Elie Luzac's Essay on ; Freedom of Expression (1749) defended freedom of the press for atheists on natural law and other grounds. Carl Friedrich Bahrdt's On Freedom of the Press and its Limits (1787) drew on natural law, religious rhetoric, and political journalism to make the case for understanding freedom of the press as a human right. Together, these texts show that the French and German traditions included their own intellectual resources for defending modern rights, before the American Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man.