Freedom of Speech and the Function of Rhetoric in the United States

This book takes a critical view of the relationship between public discourse and culturally specific definitions of free speech to illuminate the ways in which cultural framing diminishes the complexity of free speech and sublimates a range of value-choices.

List of contents

Introduction: The Function of Rhetoric at the Present Time
Chapter 1: Freedom of Speech in the United States
Chapter 2: Publicness and Models of the Public Sphere
Chapter 3: Parrhesia and/in the Democratic State
Chapter 4: Freedom of Speech in the Twentieth Century
Chapter 5: Free Speech and Hate Speech in the Age of the Internet
Conclusion

About the author

Michael D. Donnelly is associate professor of English at Ball State University.

Summary

This book takes a critical view of the relationship between public discourse and culturally specific definitions of free speech to illuminate the ways in which cultural framing diminishes the complexity of free speech and sublimates a range of value-choices.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Donnelly
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498548922
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4892-2
• No. of pages: 120
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law