Freedom of speech : mightier than the sword

Freedom of speech : mightier than the sword / David K. Shipler.

Focusing on recent free speech controversies across the nation, Shipler maps a rapidly shifting topography of political and cultural norms: parents in Michigan rallying to teachers vilified for their reading lists; conservative ministers risking their churches' tax-exempt status to preach polit...

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Main Author: Shipler, David K., 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 1st Amendment.
Freedom of speech > United States.
Freedom of speech > Social aspects > United States.
Censorship > United States > Case studies.
Social pressure > Case studies.
Intellectual freedom > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The landscape: Zones of silence, zones of speech
  • Books. Trouble in River City ; The discerning audience ; Fear of reading
  • Secrets. The loneliness of Thomas Tamm ; Thomas Drake and friends ; The new war correspondents
  • Stereotypes. The cultural limits of bigotry ; The Protocols of the Elders of Islam
  • Politics. Money is speech, poverty is silence ; True believers
  • Plays. Red lines and black lists ; Post-traumatic syndrome of another kind ; The drama behind the drama.

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