Bibliograph

On dissent, its meaning in America, Ronald K.L. Collins & David M. Skover

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On dissent, its meaning in America, Ronald K.L. Collins & David M. Skover

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

On dissent

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Ronald K.L. Collins & David M. Skover

Sub title

its meaning in America

Summary

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 in opposition to government policy, incitement to direct action, revolutionary effort or political assassination need be tagged dissent. In essence, we have no conceptual yardstick. It is just that measure of meaning that On Dissent offers

Table Of Contents

Informationis personae -- Prologue -- 1: From judicial dissent to peaceful protest -- 2: From civil to uncivil disobedience -- 3: Vagaries of violence -- 4: Dissent, Inc -- 5: Dissent and law's parameters -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- About the Informationis personae -- Select and annotated bibliography -- Index

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