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Truth, autonomy, and speech : feminist theory and the First Amendment / Susan H. Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Susan Hoffman, 1960-
- Series:
- Critical America.
- Critical America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freedom of speech--United States.
- Freedom of speech.
- Feminist theory--United States.
- Feminist theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (331 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Titles 2005 Winner. Amidst the vast array of literature on the First Amendment, it is rare to hear a fresh voice speak about the First Amendment, but in Truth, Autonomy, and Speech , Susan H. Williams presents a strikingly original interpretation and defense of the First Amendment, written from a feminist perspective. Drawing on work from several disciplines-including law, political theory, philosophy, and anthropology-the book develops alternative accounts of truth and autonomy as the foundations for freedom of expression. Building on feminist understandin
- Contents:
- The theoretical foundations of the law of free expression : truth and autonomy
- Philosophical foundations : Cartesianism and liberalism
- The feminist critique
- The feminist dilemma
- Reconstructing truth
- Reconstructing autonomy
- Free speech and truth
- Free speech and narrative autonomy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-293) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8147-8472-0
- 1-4175-8841-1
- OCLC:
- 779828331
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