TY - BOOK AU - Peters,John Durham ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Courting the abyss: free speech and the liberal tradition AV - JC585 .P395 2005eb U1 - 323.44 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Freedom of expression KW - History KW - Good and evil KW - Political science KW - Philosophy KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10372061 ER -