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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818267103321

Autore

Bunker Matthew D

Titolo

Critiquing free speech [[electronic resource] ] : First Amendment theory and the challenge of interdisciplinarity / / Matthew D. Bunker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001

ISBN

1-135-65207-4

9786612323966

1-4106-0018-1

1-282-32396-2

0-585-38130-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

LEA's communication series

Disciplina

342.730853

Soggetti

Freedom of speech - United States

Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Classical First Amendment Theory; CHAPTER 2 Imperial Paradigms and Reductionism; CHAPTER 3 Stanley Fish, Literary Theory, and Freedom of Expression; CHAPTER 4 First Amendment Theory and Conceptions of the Self; CHAPTER 5 The Public-Private Distinction and the New Realism; CHAPTER 6 The Normative First Amendment; CHAPTER 7 Shall We Commit First Amendment Theory?; Author Index; Subject Index;

Sommario/riassunto

In this exceptional volume, Matthew D. Bunker explores the work of contemporary free speech critics and argues that, while at times these critics provide important lessons, many of their conclusions must be rejected. Moreover, Bunker suggests that we be w