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The Death of Discourse,
By John P. Saunders ((intermittently) Seattle, Tacoma, Virginia, and Europe) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Death Of Discourse (Paperback)
This is an elegant, insightful, thought-provoking look at, essentially, the struggle between two different ideas of the First Amendment: The rather narrow notion of the First Amendment as protecting only political speech or speech that enhances democratic debate versus the more free-wheeling idea that the First Amendment protects all speech, from pornography to offensive literature. While I believe a truly free society must embrace the latter position, I find the authors compellingly present the views on both sides of the issue, and they do so via a playful, socratic dialectic rather than a dry rehashing of esoteric law review articles. I recommend this book for anyone who seeks to understand the pressure the first amendment is subjected to by our modern society. |
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The Death of Discourse by Ronald K. L. Collins (Paperback - August 10, 2005)
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