The improbable invention: The birth of the modern idea of freedom of expression, from John Milton to John Stuart Mill

Tolerance and freedom of expression are improbable ideas at the time of religious wars that shattered post-reform Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. The paper seeks to understand how these ideas were taken, and what are the fundamental arguments that served for their affirmation, in the modern w...

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Autor: Schüler, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/41200
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/41200
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Freedom of expression
Censorship
Modern political thinking
Libertad de expressión
Censura
Pensamiento politico moderno
Liberdade de expressão
Pensamento político moderno
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Sumario:Tolerance and freedom of expression are improbable ideas at the time of religious wars that shattered post-reform Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. The paper seeks to understand how these ideas were taken, and what are the fundamental arguments that served for their affirmation, in the modern world. For this, the text analyzes the historical and intellectual path that goes from the publication of Aeropagítica, by John Milton, to On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill, through the argument developed by John Locke, in his Dutch exile, the Letter on Tolerance, and the writings of James Madison in the context that leads to the institution and consolidation of the First Amendment to the American Constitution.