Censorship and Silencing - Practices of Cultural Regulation - Practices of Cultural Regulation

Censorship was once a predictable topic, dividing liberals and conservatives down the middle on issues like obscenity and national security. Today, the debate over the regulation of speech offers no such easy dichotomy, with feminists joining forces with religious fundamentalists to control pornography, and abortion rights advocates seeking to restrict clinic demonstrations while prolife groups defend their freedom to picket. Underlying this trend is a fundamental intellectual shift--exemplified by the work of Michel Foucault--that holds that the state is not the only agent of censorship. The thirteen contributors here explore the topic of censorship from the viewpoint of numerous disciplines and viewpoints.

Summary

The authors contributing to this volume investigate the theoretical and practical consequences of the paradigm of censorship posited by Foucault. The 13 essays are grouped into three sections which explore areas such as the state's repressive power and the use of state regulation to censor speech.

Product details

• Authors: . Post, .. Post, Robert Post, Robert C. Post
• Assisted by: Robert C. Post (Editor), Michael Roth (Editor)
• Publisher: Getty, j.paul, museum publ.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.05.1998
• EAN: 9780892364848
• ISBN: 978-0-89236-484-8
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Issues & Debates (Paperback); Issues & Debates; Issues & Debates; Issues & Debates (Paperback); BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF KARGER; Getty Publications - (Yale); Getty Publications –
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law