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Authors: Liam Gearon
ISBN-13: 9781845190897, ISBN-10: 1845190890
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
Date Published: June 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Liam Gearon

Book Synopsis

This book explores the range of predominantly theological and religious, civil and political, social and cultural rationales for contemporary repression, contending that in the modern age at least freedom of expression issues are deeply affected not only by national law but that factors of a transnational (ideological or theological) nature. Through a review of key inter-governmental and non-governmental (NGO) agencies, the book examines current geo-political trends in the denial of freedom of expression, highlighting post-Cold War and post-September 11 shifts in political and religious repression, a movement in the locale of freedom of expression issues (especially towards electronic forms and Internet) and a heightening of global and transnational dimensions in freedom of expression. The book provides also a substantial series of appendices for scholars, researchers and activists interested in furthering investigation of issues in writing and human rights.

Table of Contents

General introduction : one hundred years of censorship 1901-2001 : from the Nobel Prize to the Twin Towers1
Pt. IClassic texts on writing and dissent : political, literary and historical contexts in freedom of expression
1Plato : The republic17
2Saint Augustine : Confessions29
3Martin Luther : Ninety-five theses39
4Thomas Paine : Rights of man54
5Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels : Manifesto of the Communist Party65
6John Stuart Mill : On liberty78
7Adolf Hitler : Mein Kampf89
8Chairman Mao : Little red book103
9The United Nations universal declaration of human rights115
Pt. IIFreedom of expression and human rights : contemporary historical, literary and political contexts
10The state control of freedom : the UN and its intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)129
11Writing and human rights : towards a typology for the interrogation of dissent142
Pt. IIIAppendices
ICharter of the United Nations (1945)
IIFreedom of expression in international law : The United Nations and related regional inter-governmental instruments
IIIUNESCO convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage (1972)
IVUNESCO world heritage sites list (results by country)
VUnited Nations special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression : the mandate
VIUnited Nations special rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on freedom of religion or belief : the mandate
VIIUnited Nations declaration on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief (1981)
VIIIFreedom of expression : inter-government and non-governmental organisations : interet sources
IXThe Nobel Prize in literature : awards 1901-2004
XTypology of dissent and a typology for interrogation of dissent

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