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Ronald K. L. Collins - On Dissent - 9780521767194 - KCW0007407
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On Dissent

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Description for On Dissent Hardcover. On Dissent attempts to offer a conceptual yardstick that develops clarity about the phenomenon we call 'dissent'. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 120 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276. Very good copy in good dustwrapper
America values dissent. It tolerates, encourages and protects it. But what is this thing we value? That is a question never asked. 'Dissent' is treated as a known fact. For all that has been said about it - in books, articles, judicial opinions, and popular culture - it is remarkable that no one has devoted much, if any, ink to explaining what dissent is. No one has attempted to sketch its philosophical, linguistic, legal or cultural meanings or usages. There is a need to develop some clarity about this phenomenon, for not every difference of opinion, symbolic gesture, public activity ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521767194
SKU
KCW0007407
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About Ronald K. L. Collins
Ronald K. L. Collins is the Harold S. Shefelman Scholar at the University of Washington Law School. Collins was a scholar at the Washington, DC, office of the First Amendment Center, where he wrote and lectured on freedom of expression, and where he is still a senior fellow. His journalistic writings on the First Amendment have appeared in Columbia Journalism ... Read more

Reviews for On Dissent
"In the age of Occupy gatherings and tea party town hall protests, the question of dissent and its definition—and ultimate purpose—becomes more urgent, and the timing of On Dissent couldn't be better in that sense."-Susan Gardner, Daily Kos "This is a fine book. It is not hard reading; it is tough thinking. It should be required reading for school board ... Read more

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