UID:
almafu_9960011110902883
Format:
1 online resource (xxii, 185 pages)
ISBN:
1-5099-0890-0
,
1-5099-0888-9
,
1-5099-0889-7
Content:
This book explores the relationship between truth and freedom in the free press. It argues that the relationship is problematic because the free press implies a competition between plural ideas, whereas truth is univocal. Based on this tension the book claims that the idea of a free press is premised on an epistemological illusion. This illusion enables society to maintain that the world it perceives through the press corresponds to the world as it actually exists, explaining why defenders of the free press continue to rely on its capacity to discover the truth, despite economic conditions and technological innovations undermining much of its independence. The book invites the reader to reconsider the philosophical foundations, constitutional justifications, and structure and functions of the free press, and whether the institution can, in fact, realise both freedom and truth. It will be of great interest to anyone concerned in the role and value of the free press in the modern world
Note:
Free press : necessary illusions -- The classic theory and the quest for truth -- Truth and politics : democratic justifications of a free press -- Freedom of speech and autonomy : towards the discovery of the true self -- Freedom and truth.
,
Also issued in print.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5099-3824-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5099-0887-0
Language:
English
Keywords:
Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.5040/9781509908905
