Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens |
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| Author:
| Saxonhouse, Arlene W. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-81985-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2005 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $129.00 |
Book Description:
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This book illuminates the distinctive character of our modern understanding of the basis and value of free speech by contrasting it with the very different form of free speech that was practised by the ancient Athenians in their democratic regime.
This book illuminates the distinctive character of our modern understanding of the basis and value of free speech by contrasting it with the very different form of free speech that was practised by the ancient Athenians in their democratic regime.