The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder is...
. . . a book of stunning originality and importance. . . . Corn-Revere’s engagingly written book provides a powerful defense of freedom speech and of freedom of thought. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
Regardless of how much or how little you know or care about free speech when you begin this book, you will be enlightened, inspired, and galvanized by every page! Nadine Strossen, past President, American Civil Liberties Union, and author of HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship (2018).
. . . a riveting review and astute analysis of the evolution of free expression . . . This original work is informative, insightful, and often wildly entertaining. Geoffrey R. Stone, Professor of Law, University of Chicago and author of Sex and the Constitution (2017).
Beginning in the nineteenth century with Anthony Comstock, America's 'censor in chief,' The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder explores how censors operate and why they wore out their welcome in society at large. This book explains how the same tactics were tried and eventually failed in the twentieth century, with efforts to censor music, comic books, television, and other forms of popular entertainment. The historic examples illustrate not just the mindset and tactics of censors, but why they are the ultimate counterculture warriors and why, in free societies, censors never occupy the moral high ground. This book is for anyone who wants to know more about why freedom of speech is important and how protections for free expression became part of the American identity.
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