Courting the abyss free speech and the liberal tradition / [electronic resource] :
John Durham Peters.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- viii, 309 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: hard-hearted liberalism -- Saint Paul's shudder -- "Evil be thou my good": Milton and abyss-redemption -- Publicity and pain -- Homeopathic machismo in free speech theory -- Social science as public communication -- "Watch, therefore": suffering and the informed citizen -- "Meekness as a dangerous activity": witnessing as participation -- Conclusion: responsibility to things that are not.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Freedom of expression--History. Good and evil--History. Political science--Philosophy--History.