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Fackler, Mark; Christians, Clifford G. – Journalism Quarterly, 1980
Reexamines primary materials to show that John Milton's later activities did not contradict his appeal for liberty in "Areopagitica." (Author/FL)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual History, Journalism
Fackler, Paul M.; Christians, Clifford G. – 1979
Historians of journalism cite John Milton's speech "Areopagitica" as the first major English-language document to articulate the ideas of free speech and freedom of the press. Milton's reputation as spokesman for freedom to publish is sullied, however, by his having served as Cromwell's press licenser. Historians of journalism have…
Descriptors: Censorship, Civil Rights, European History, Freedom of Speech
Grossberg, Lawrence; Christians, Clifford G. – 1978
The manner in which hermeneutics (the study of the interpretive process) has treated the phenomenon of interpretation is examined in this paper. Following a historical review of hermeneutics from its Hellenic roots through the phase of traditional hermeneutics to the major reformulation of the field by Friedrich Schleiermacher and Wilhelm Dilthey…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Greek Civilization, History