Courting the abyss [electronic resource] : free speech and the liberal tradition / John Durham Peters.
Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.Description: viii, 309 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 323.44 22
- JC585 .P395 2005eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: 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.
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