Public Freedom
Download Public Freedom full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Public Freedom ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
The Freedom to Read
Author | : American Library Association |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Libraries |
ISBN | : UIUC:30112060168629 |
Download The Freedom to Read Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A History of ALA Policy on Intellectual Freedom
Author | : Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) |
Publsiher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2015-07-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780838913253 |
Download A History of ALA Policy on Intellectual Freedom Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Collecting several key documents and policy statements, this supplement to the ninth edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual traces a history of ALA’s commitment to fighting censorship. An introductory essay by Judith Krug and Candace Morgan, updated by OIF Director Barbara Jones, sketches out an overview of ALA policy on intellectual freedom. An important resource, this volume includes documents which discuss such foundational issues as The Library Bill of RightsProtecting the freedom to readALA’s Code of EthicsHow to respond to challenges and concerns about library resourcesMinors and internet activityMeeting rooms, bulletin boards, and exhibitsCopyrightPrivacy, including the retention of library usage records
Public Freedom
Author | : Dana Villa |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2008-08-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0691135940 |
Download Public Freedom Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Villa critically examines, among other topics, the promise and limits of civil society and associational life as sources of democratic renewal; the effects of mass media on the public arena; and the problematic but still necessary ideas of civic competence and democratic maturity."--BOOK JACKET.
Public Freedom
Author | : Dana Villa |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 453 |
Release | : 2008-08-11 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781400837427 |
Download Public Freedom Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The freedom to take part in civic life--whether in the exercise of one's right to vote or congregate and protest--has become increasingly less important to Americans than individual rights and liberties. In Public Freedom, renowned political theorist Dana Villa argues that political freedom is essential to both the preservation of constitutional government and the very substance of American democracy itself. Through intense close readings of theorists such as Hegel, Tocqueville, Mill, Adorno, Arendt, and Foucault, Villa diagnoses the key causes of our democratic discontent and offers solutions to preserve at least some of our democratic hopes. He demonstrates how Americans' preoccupation with a market-based conception of freedom--that is, the personal freedom to choose among different material, moral, and vocational goods--has led to the gradual erosion of meaningful public participation in politics as well as diminished interest in the health of the public realm itself. Villa critically examines, among other topics, the promise and limits of civil society and associational life as sources of democratic renewal; the effects of mass media on the public arena; and the problematic but still necessary ideas of civic competence and democratic maturity. Public Freedom is a passionate and insightful defense of political liberties at a moment in America's history when such freedoms are very much at risk.
On Cultural Freedom
Author | : Jeffrey C. Goldfarb |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0226301001 |
Download On Cultural Freedom Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In this timely study, Jeffrey C. Goldfarb explores the nature and prospects of cultural freedom by examining the conditions that favor or threaten its development in the political East and West. Goldfarb--who examines conditions in the Soviet Union, the United States, and their respective European allies--focuses most closely upon Poland and the United States. He investigates a wide range of concrete cases, including the Polish opposition movement and Solidarity, the migration of artists, the American television and magazine industries, American philanthropy, and communist cultural conveyor belts. From these cases, Goldfarb derives a definitive set of sociological conditions for cultural freedom: critical creativity which resists systematic constraints, continuity of cultural tradition, and a relatively autonomous public realm for the reception of culture. Cultural freedom, Goldfarb shows, is not a static state but a process of achievement. Its parameters and content are determined by social practice in cultural institutions and by their relations with other components and the totality of social structure. So defined, cultural freedom is transformed from an ideological concept into one with real critical and analytical power. Through it we can appreciate the invisible nature of constraint in the West and the unapparent but acting supports of cultural freedom existing in socialist countries. Most importantly, Goldfarb's conclusions provide a framework for understanding more clearly than before the circumstance of cultural freedom in both East and West so that citizens may utilize their full creative abilities as they address the problems of the present day.
The Constitutional Protection of Freedom of Expression
Author | : Richard Moon |
Publsiher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0802078362 |
Download The Constitutional Protection of Freedom of Expression Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Moon argues that recognition of the social dynamic of communication is critical to understanding the potential value and harm of language and to addressing questions about the scope and limits on one's rights to freedom of expression.
Knowledge Power and Academic Freedom
Author | : Joan Wallach Scott |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2019-01-22 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780231548939 |
Download Knowledge Power and Academic Freedom Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Academic freedom rests on a shared belief that the production of knowledge advances the common good. In an era of education budget cuts, wealthy donors intervening in university decisions, and right-wing groups threatening dissenters, scholars cannot expect that those in power will value their work. Can academic freedom survive in this environment—and must we rearticulate what academic freedom is in order to defend it? This book presents a series of essays by the renowned historian Joan Wallach Scott that explore the history and theory of free inquiry and its value today. Scott considers the contradictions in the concept of academic freedom. She examines the relationship between state power and higher education; the differences between the First Amendment right of free speech and the guarantee of academic freedom; and, in response to recent campus controversies, the politics of civility. The book concludes with an interview conducted by Bill Moyers in which Scott discusses the personal experiences that have informed her views. Academic freedom is an aspiration, Scott holds: its implementation always falls short of its promise, but it is essential as an ideal of ethical practice. Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom is both a nuanced reflection on the tensions within a cherished concept and a strong defense of the importance of critical scholarship to safeguard democracy against the anti-intellectualism of figures from Joseph McCarthy to Donald Trump.
The Public Option
Author | : Ganesh Sitaraman |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2019-07-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780674987333 |
Download The Public Option Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A solution to inequalities—in health care, retirement, education, recreation, communication—is as close as the public library, post office, community pool, or elementary school. The Public Option shows that opportunities to develop reasonably priced government-provided services that coexist with private options are all around us.