What is free speech?

the history of a dangerous idea

What is free speech?

the history of a dangerous idea
Fara Dabhoiwala
Book - 2025

"Faramerz Dabhoiwala argues that free speech, though a central democratic value, owes its origin and evolution less to high-minded ideals than to venal interests. Shaped by greed, technological change, and the insoluble challenges of slander and falsehood, free speech is inherently contradictory--both a basis of liberty and a weapon of the powerful"--

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dabhoiwala, Faramerz (Autor)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2025.
Edición:First Harvard University Press edition.
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