Freedom of Speech, 1500-1850

by Robert Ingram

Book Overview

This collection brings together historians, political theorists and literary scholars to provide historical perspectives on the modern debate over freedom of speech, particularly the question of whether limitations might be necessary given religious pluralism and concerns about hate speech. It integrates religion into the history of free speech and rethinks what is sometimes regarded as a coherent tradition of more or less absolutist justifications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526167069
• ISBN13: 9781526167064
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"