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- catalog abstract "Overview: While the philosophical and legal definitions of free speech may be familiar, its history has hitherto been neglected. Robert Hargreaves leads us through this evolving story, showing where the idea of free speech came from, and who its heroes are. Opening with a wide-ranging survey of its classical and medieval precursors and moving on to discuss its emergence in the eighteenth century as an independent principle to be argued over and fought for, Hargreaves sheds new light on the lives and motivation of those who championed free speech. From the execution of Socrates to the writings of Milton, Voltaire and Mill to the down-to-earth struggles of men like Paine, Wilkes and Cobbett, the author tackles the subject with a journalist's eye for telling details and human drama. The stories of setbacks and progress, of cataclysmic defeats and long centuries of stagnation, show that the battle for free speech is never over.".
- catalog contributor b12655340.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description "Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part 1: Classical Legacy: -- 1: Why Socrates died -- 2: Paradox of Paul -- Part 2: Liberty's Precursors: -- 3: Renaissance and reform -- 4: Galileo dares to know -- Part 3: Areopagitica And After: -- 5: Towards a free press -- 6: Towards toleration -- 7: Wilkes and liberty -- 8: Tom Paine's Common Sense -- 9: Revolution and The Rights of Man -- 10: Jefferson enigma -- 11: Twopenny Trash -- Part 4: Principle Defined: -- 12: John Stuart Mill On Liberty -- 13: Fourth estate -- 14: Clear and present danger -- Part 5: Citadel Defended -- 15: Terrible gift -- 16: Challenging the censors -- 17: Taking stock -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-318) and index.".
- catalog description "Overview: While the philosophical and legal definitions of free speech may be familiar, its history has hitherto been neglected. Robert Hargreaves leads us through this evolving story, showing where the idea of free speech came from, and who its heroes are. Opening with a wide-ranging survey of its classical and medieval precursors and moving on to discuss its emergence in the eighteenth century as an independent principle to be argued over and fought for, Hargreaves sheds new light on the lives and motivation of those who championed free speech. From the execution of Socrates to the writings of Milton, Voltaire and Mill to the down-to-earth struggles of men like Paine, Wilkes and Cobbett, the author tackles the subject with a journalist's eye for telling details and human drama. The stories of setbacks and progress, of cataclysmic defeats and long centuries of stagnation, show that the battle for free speech is never over.".
- catalog extent "ix, 338 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "First freedom.".
- catalog identifier "0750929235".
- catalog isFormatOf "First freedom.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton,".
- catalog relation "First freedom.".
- catalog subject "Freedom of speech History.".
- catalog subject "K3254 .H37x 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part 1: Classical Legacy: -- 1: Why Socrates died -- 2: Paradox of Paul -- Part 2: Liberty's Precursors: -- 3: Renaissance and reform -- 4: Galileo dares to know -- Part 3: Areopagitica And After: -- 5: Towards a free press -- 6: Towards toleration -- 7: Wilkes and liberty -- 8: Tom Paine's Common Sense -- 9: Revolution and The Rights of Man -- 10: Jefferson enigma -- 11: Twopenny Trash -- Part 4: Principle Defined: -- 12: John Stuart Mill On Liberty -- 13: Fourth estate -- 14: Clear and present danger -- Part 5: Citadel Defended -- 15: Terrible gift -- 16: Challenging the censors -- 17: Taking stock -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.".
- catalog title "The first freedom : a history of free speech / Robert Hargreaves.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".