LEADER 04471nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910454767203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612753671 010 $a1-4008-2296-3 010 $a1-282-75367-3 010 $a1-4008-1338-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400822966 035 $a(CKB)111056486498164 035 $a(EBL)581655 035 $a(OCoLC)700688689 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000140046 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11146872 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140046 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10051409 035 $a(PQKB)10019624 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000435557 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11252920 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000435557 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10422791 035 $a(PQKB)11638578 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4335288 035 $a(OCoLC)614721020 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42995 035 $a(DE-B1597)453524 035 $a(OCoLC)979881343 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400822966 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581655 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581655 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10031884 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275367 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486498164 100 $a19980501d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDissent, injustice, and the meanings of America$b[electronic resource] /$fSteven H. Shiffrin 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (219 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-07023-7 311 $a0-691-00142-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [131]-197) and index. 327 $apt. 1. The meanings of America -- pt. 2. Combating injustice. 330 $aAmericans should not just tolerate dissent. They should encourage it. In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Steven Shiffrin makes this case by arguing that dissent should be promoted because it lies at the heart of a core American value: free speech. He contends, however, that the country's major institutions--including the Supreme Court and the mass media--wrongly limit dissent. And he reflects on how society and the law should change to encourage nonconformity. Shiffrin is one of the country's leading first-amendment theorists. He advances his dissent-based theory of free speech with careful reference to its implications for such controversial topics of constitutional debate as flag burning, cigarette advertising, racist speech, and subsidizing the arts. He shows that a dissent-based approach would offer strong protection for free speech--he defends flag burning as a legitimate form of protest, for example--but argues that it would still allow for certain limitations on activities such as hate speech and commercial speech. Shiffrin adds that a dissent-based approach reveals weaknesses in the approaches to free speech taken by postmodernism, Republicanism, deliberative democratic theory, outsider jurisprudence, and liberal theory. Throughout the book, Shiffrin emphasizes the social functions of dissent: its role in combating injustice and its place in cultural struggles over the meanings of America. He argues, for example, that if we took a dissent-based approach to free speech seriously, we would no longer accept the unjust fact that public debate is dominated by the voices of the powerful and the wealthy. To ensure that more voices are heard, he argues, the country should take such steps as making defamation laws more hospitable to criticism of powerful people, loosening the grip of commercial interests on the media, and ensuring that young people are taught the importance of challenging injustice. Powerfully and clearly argued, Shiffrin's book is a major contribution to debate about one of the most important subjects in American public life. 606 $aFreedom of speech$zUnited States 606 $aHate speech$zUnited States 606 $aRacism in language 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFreedom of speech 615 0$aHate speech 615 0$aRacism in language. 676 $a342.73/0853 700 $aShiffrin$b Steven H.$f1941-$0555436 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454767203321 996 $aDissent, injustice, and the meanings of America$92450868 997 $aUNINA