Freedom of expression and human rights : historical, literary and political contexts /
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| Author / Creator: | Gearon, Liam. |
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| Imprint: | Brighton ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2006. |
| Description: | xiii, 230 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6117376 |
Table of Contents:
- General introduction : one hundred years of censorship 1901-2001 : from the Nobel Prize to the Twin Towers
- Pt. I. Classic texts on writing and dissent : political, literary and historical contexts in freedom of expression
- 1. Plato : The republic
- 2. Saint Augustine : Confessions
- 3. Martin Luther : Ninety-five theses
- 4. Thomas Paine : Rights of man
- 5. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels : Manifesto of the Communist Party
- 6. John Stuart Mill : On liberty
- 7. Adolf Hitler : Mein Kampf
- 8. Chairman Mao : Little red book
- 9. The United Nations universal declaration of human rights
- Pt. II. Freedom of expression and human rights : contemporary historical, literary and political contexts
- 10. The state control of freedom : the UN and its intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
- 11. Writing and human rights : towards a typology for the interrogation of dissent
- Pt. III. Appendices
- I. Charter of the United Nations (1945)
- II. Freedom of expression in international law : The United Nations and related regional inter-governmental instruments
- III. UNESCO convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage (1972)
- IV. UNESCO world heritage sites list (results by country)
- V. United Nations special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression : the mandate
- VI. United Nations special rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on freedom of religion or belief : the mandate
- VII. United Nations declaration on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief (1981)
- VIII. Freedom of expression : inter-government and non-governmental organisations : interet sources
- IX. The Nobel Prize in literature : awards 1901-2004
- X. Typology of dissent and a typology for interrogation of dissent.
