The tolerant society : freedom of speech and extremist speech in America / Lee C. Bollinger.
1986
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Author
Bollinger, Lee C., 1946-
Title
The tolerant society : freedom of speech and extremist speech in America / Lee C. Bollinger.
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
Call Number
KF4772 .B65 1986
ISBN
0195040007
Description
viii, 295 pages ; 22 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)12558122
Summary
In The Tolerant Society, Bollinger offers a masterful critique of the major theories of freedom of expression, and offers an alternative explanation. Traditional justifications for protecting extremist speech have turned largely on the inherent value of self-expression, maintaining that the benefits of the free interchange of ideas include the greater likelihood of serving truth and of promoting wise decisions in a democracy. Bollinger finds these theories persuasive but inadequate. Buttrressing his argument with references to the Skokie case and many other examples, as well as a careful analysis of the primary literature on free speech, he contends that the real value of toloeration of extremist speech lies in the extraordinary self-control toward antisocial behavior that it elicits: society is stengthened by the exercise of tolerance, he maintains. The problem of finding an appropriate response -- especially when emotions make measured response difficult -- is common to all social interaction, Bollinger points out, and there are useful lesons to be learned from withholding punishment even for what is conceded to be bad behavior.
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Includes index
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Bibliography: pages 249-290.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
- Enslaved to freedom?
- The classical model and its limits
- The fortress model and its limits
- The quest for the tolerant mind
- The internal dialectic of tolerance
- Drawing lines and the virtues of ambiguity
- Searching for the right voice
- An agenda for the general tolerance theory.
- Enslaved to freedom?
- The classical model and its limits
- The fortress model and its limits
- The quest for the tolerant mind
- The internal dialectic of tolerance
- Drawing lines and the virtues of ambiguity
- Searching for the right voice
- An agenda for the general tolerance theory.