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Critiquing Free Speech: First Amendment theory and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity (Lea's Communication Series) PDF

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Cover Critiquing Free Speech : First Amendment title: Theory and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity author: Bunker, Matthew D. publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. isbn10 | asin: 0805837515 print isbn13: 9780805837513 ebook isbn13: 9780585381305 language: English Freedom of speech--United States, United subject States.--Constitution.--1st Amendment, Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. publication date: 2001 lcc: KF4772.B86 2001eb ddc: 342.73/0853 Freedom of speech--United States, United subject: States.--Constitution.--1st Amendment, Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. Page i Critiquing Free Speech First Amendment Theory and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity Page ii LEA'S COMMUNICATION SERIES Jennings Bryant/Dolf Zillmann, General Editors Selected titles in Journalism (Maxwell McCombs, Advisory Editor) include: Bunker • Critiquing Free Speech: First Amendment Theory and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity Bunker • Justice and the Media: Reconciling Fair Trials and a Free Press Friedman/Dunwoody/Rogers • Communicating Uncertainty: Media Coverage of New and Controversial Science McCombs/Reynolds • The Poll with a Human Face: The National Issues Convention Experiment in Political Communication Merrill/Gade/Blevens • Twilight of Press Freedom: The Rise of People's Journalism Merritt • Public Journalism and Public Life: Why Telling the News is Not Enough, Second Edition Perloff • Political Communication: Politics, Press, and Public in America Wanta • The Public and the National Agenda: How People Learn About Important Issues For a complete list of other titles in LEA's Communication Series, please contact Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers Page iii Critiquing Free Speech First Amendment Theory and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity Matthew D. Bunker University of Alabama LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS 2001 Mahwah, New Jersey London Page iv Copyright © 2001 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of the book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, micro-form, retrieval system, or any other means without the prior written consent of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah, NJ 07430 Cover design by Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bunker, Matthew D. Critiquing free speech: First Amendment theory and the challenge of interdisciplinarity / Matthew D. Bunker p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8058-3751-5 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Freedom of speech—United States. 2. United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment. 3. Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. I. Title. KF4772.B86 2001 342.73'0853—dc21 00-057683 CIP Books published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates are printed on acid- free paper, and their bindings are chosen for strength and durability. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Page v For Lois Page vi Page vii Contents Preface ix Introduction xi 1Classical First Amendment Theory 1 2Imperial Paradigms and Reductionism 18 3Stanley Fish, Literary Theory, and Freedom of Expression 63 4First Amendment Theory and Conceptions of the Self 100 5The Public-Private Distinction and the New Realism 127 6The Normative First Amendment 157 7Shall We Commit First Amendment Theory? 182 Author Index 195 Subject Index 201

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In this exceptional volume, Matthew D. Bunker explores the work of contemporary free speech critics and argues that, while at times these critics provide important lessons, many of their conclusions must be rejected. Moreover, Bunker suggests that we be wary of interdisciplinary approaches to free s
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