言論の自由の言説史 Discourses of Freedom of Speech : From the Enactment of the Bill of Rights to the Sedition Act of 1918

Rudanko, Juhani

Palgrave Macmillan（2012/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 201 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781137030597
• DDC分類 342.730853

基本説明

Freedom of speech is a tradition distinctive to American political culture, and this book focuses on major debates and discourses that shaped this tradition. It sheds fresh light on key Congressional debates in the early American Republic, developing and applying an approach to fallacy theory suitable to the study of political discourse.

Full Description

Freedom of speech is a tradition distinctive to American political culture, and this book focuses on major debates and discourses that shaped this tradition. It sheds fresh light on key Congressional debates in the early American Republic, developing and applying an approach to fallacy theory suitable to the study of political discourse.

Contents

Introduction Informal Fallacies in Two Procedural Debates on the Bill of Rights in the Summer of 1789 The Decision of August 13, 1789 Divisions of Freedom of Speech: Debates of November 1794 Freedom of Speech under Threat: the Sedition Act of 1798 Contesting and Defeating the Sedition Act of 1798 '[T]his most unnecessary, unjust, and disgraceful war': Attacks on the Madison Administration in Federalist Newspapers during the War of 1812 Woodrow Wilson and the Threat to Freedom of Speech Concluding Observations Notes References Index