Discusses Sakharov's "basics" in terms of ideologic problems of "basics" like the convergence of capitalism and socialism. Compares the Soviet censorship of Sakharov and Solzhenitsyn with American censorship of American communists, such as Angela Davis.
This book offers a sustained and vigorous defence of free expression and objective enquiry situated in the context of the current culture wars. In the spirit of J.S. Mill, Benn investigates objections to the ideal of free expression in relation to harm and offence, reaching broa…
Science and scientific development are increasingly subject to differentiations and specializations that are ever harder to communicate to the general public. This is reflected in doubts about the freedom of science and, conversely, in efforts to actualize it as an important res…
Science and scientific development are increasingly subject to differentiations and specializations that are ever harder to communicate to the general public. This is reflected in doubts about the freedom of science and, conversely, in efforts to actualize it as an important res…