Early French and German defenses of freedom of the press : : Elie Luzac's essay on Freedom of expression, 1749 and Carl Friedrich Bahrdt's On freedom of the press and its limits, 1787 in English translation / / edited by John Christion Laursen and Johan van der Zande.
This volume contains English translations of two important early French and German defences of freedom of the press. Almost unknown in the English-speaking world, these texts demonstrate that freedom of the press was an important issue in other parts of Europe in the early modern period, giving rise...
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| Superior document: | Brill's studies in intellectual history, |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2003. |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
113. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 176 pages) |
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| Other title: | Preliminary Material / General Introduction / Introduction to Elie Luzac, An Essay on Freedom of Expression (1749) / An Essay on Freedom of Expression / Introduction to Carl Friedrich Bahrdt, On Freedom of the Press and Its Limits (1787) / On Freedom of the Press and its Limits: For Consideration by Rulers, Censors, and Writers / Index / |
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| Summary: | This volume contains English translations of two important early French and German defences of freedom of the press. Almost unknown in the English-speaking world, these texts demonstrate that freedom of the press was an important issue in other parts of Europe in the early modern period, giving rise to articulate theories. Elie Luzac's Essay on Freedom of Expression (1749) defended freedom of the press for atheists on natural law and other grounds. Carl Friedrich Bahrdt's On Freedom of the Press and its Limits (1787) drew on natural law, religious rhetoric, and political journalism to make the case for understanding freedom of the press as a human right. Together, these texts show that the French and German traditions included their own intellectual resources for defending modern rights, before the American Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280467436 9786610467433 1423712218 9047402189 |
| ISSN: | 0920-8607 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by John Christion Laursen and Johan van der Zande. |