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There's no such thing as free speech, and it's a good thing too, Stanley Fish

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Summary
In an era when much of what passes for debate is merely moral posturing - traditional family values versus the cultural elite, free speech versus censorship - the terms 'liberal' and 'politically correct', are used with as much dismissive scorn by the right as 'reactionary' and 'fascist' are by the left. In There's No Such Thing as Free Speech, Fish takes aim at the ideological gridlock paralyzing academic and political exchange in the nineties. In his witty, accessible dissections of the swirling controversies over multiculturalism, affirmative action, canon revision, hate speech, and legal reform, he takes both the left and the right equally to task. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the outcome of America's cultural wars
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)
Contents
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction: "That's Not Fair"
  • PART I
  • 2. The Common Touch, or, One Size Fits All
  • Preface to Chapters 3 through 7
  • 3. The Empire Strikes Back
  • 4. Reverse Racism, or, How the Pot Got to Call the Kettle Black
  • 5. You Can Only Fight Discrimination with Discrimination
  • 6. Bad Company
  • 7. Speaking in Code, or, How to Turn Bigotry and Ignorance into Moral Principles
  • 8. There's No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It's a Good Thing, Too
  • 9. Jerry Falwell's Mother, or, What's the Harm?
  • 10. Liberalism Doesn't Exist
  • PART II
  • 11. The Law Wishes to Have a Formal Existence
  • 12. Play of Surfaces: Theory and the Law
  • 13. Almost Pragmatism: The Jurisprudence of Richard Posner, Richard Rorty, and Ronald Dworkin
  • 14. Being Interdisciplinary Is So Very Hard to Do
  • 15. The Young and the Restless
  • 16. Milton's Career and the Career of Theory
  • 17. Milton, Thou Shouldst Be Living at This Hour
  • 18. The Unbearable Ugliness of Volvos
  • Appendix. Fish Tales: A Conversation with "The Contemporary Sophist"
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Last Page
Isbn
9781280527784
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There's no such thing as free speech, and it's a good thing too
Title
There's no such thing as free speech, and it's a good thing too
Statement of responsibility
Stanley Fish
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
In an era when much of what passes for debate is merely moral posturing - traditional family values versus the cultural elite, free speech versus censorship - the terms 'liberal' and 'politically correct', are used with as much dismissive scorn by the right as 'reactionary' and 'fascist' are by the left. In There's No Such Thing as Free Speech, Fish takes aim at the ideological gridlock paralyzing academic and political exchange in the nineties. In his witty, accessible dissections of the swirling controversies over multiculturalism, affirmative action, canon revision, hate speech, and legal reform, he takes both the left and the right equally to task. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the outcome of America's cultural wars
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MT4IT
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Fish, Stanley Eugene
Dewey number
323.4430973
Index
index present
LC call number
Z657
LC item number
.F5 1994eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Freedom of speech
  • Freedom of speech
  • Academic freedom
  • Academic freedom
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • Academic freedom
  • Freedom of speech
  • United States
  • Recht van meningsuiting
  • Academische vrijheid
  • Politieke correctheid
  • Meinungsfreiheit
  • USA
Label
There's no such thing as free speech, and it's a good thing too, Stanley Fish
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
other
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Cover -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: "That's Not Fair" -- PART I -- 2. The Common Touch, or, One Size Fits All -- Preface to Chapters 3 through 7 -- 3. The Empire Strikes Back -- 4. Reverse Racism, or, How the Pot Got to Call the Kettle Black -- 5. You Can Only Fight Discrimination with Discrimination -- 6. Bad Company -- 7. Speaking in Code, or, How to Turn Bigotry and Ignorance into Moral Principles -- 8. There's No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It's a Good Thing, Too -- 9. Jerry Falwell's Mother, or, What's the Harm? -- 10. Liberalism Doesn't Exist -- PART II -- 11. The Law Wishes to Have a Formal Existence -- 12. Play of Surfaces: Theory and the Law -- 13. Almost Pragmatism: The Jurisprudence of Richard Posner, Richard Rorty, and Ronald Dworkin -- 14. Being Interdisciplinary Is So Very Hard to Do -- 15. The Young and the Restless -- 16. Milton's Career and the Career of Theory -- 17. Milton, Thou Shouldst Be Living at This Hour -- 18. The Unbearable Ugliness of Volvos -- Appendix. Fish Tales: A Conversation with "The Contemporary Sophist" -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Last Page
Control code
252594374
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781280527784
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)252594374
Label
There's no such thing as free speech, and it's a good thing too, Stanley Fish
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
other
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Cover -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: "That's Not Fair" -- PART I -- 2. The Common Touch, or, One Size Fits All -- Preface to Chapters 3 through 7 -- 3. The Empire Strikes Back -- 4. Reverse Racism, or, How the Pot Got to Call the Kettle Black -- 5. You Can Only Fight Discrimination with Discrimination -- 6. Bad Company -- 7. Speaking in Code, or, How to Turn Bigotry and Ignorance into Moral Principles -- 8. There's No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It's a Good Thing, Too -- 9. Jerry Falwell's Mother, or, What's the Harm? -- 10. Liberalism Doesn't Exist -- PART II -- 11. The Law Wishes to Have a Formal Existence -- 12. Play of Surfaces: Theory and the Law -- 13. Almost Pragmatism: The Jurisprudence of Richard Posner, Richard Rorty, and Ronald Dworkin -- 14. Being Interdisciplinary Is So Very Hard to Do -- 15. The Young and the Restless -- 16. Milton's Career and the Career of Theory -- 17. Milton, Thou Shouldst Be Living at This Hour -- 18. The Unbearable Ugliness of Volvos -- Appendix. Fish Tales: A Conversation with "The Contemporary Sophist" -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Last Page
Control code
252594374
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781280527784
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)252594374

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