Full Description
Discusses governmental responsibilities and individual liberties, ethical problems of moral judgement, and legal considerations in defining and suppressing obscene material.
Contents
Preface, 1. Pornography as a Social Problem: Reflections on the Relation of Morality and the Law, 2. Obscenity as an Esthetic Category, 3. Beyond the (Garbage) Pale, or Democracy, Censorship and the Arts, 4. Legislative Recommendations: Report of the Committee on Obscenity and Pornography, 5. Pornography-Raging Menace or Paper Tiger?, 6. Obscenity Laws-A Shift to Reality, 7. Pornographic Theaters Off Times Square, 8. The Pleasures of Commodity, or How to Make the World Safe for Pornography, 9. Moral Principles Towards a Definition of the Obscene, 10. The Modern Machiavellians: The Pornography of Sexual Game-Playing, 11. Night Words: High Pornography and Human Privacy, 12. The Effects of Explicit Sexual Materials: The Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, 13. Violence, Pornography and Social Science, 14. Polity, Politics and Social Research: A Study in the Relationship of Federal Commissions and Social Science, Bibliography, About the Contributors, Index
