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Discusses governmental responsibilities and individual liberties, ethical problems of moral judgement, and legal considerations in defining and suppressing obscene material.

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Author:   Ray Rist
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9781138537668

ISBN 10:   1138537667
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   18 December 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface, 1. Pornography as a Social Problem: Reflections on the Relation of Morality and the Law, 2. Obscenity as an Esthetic Category, 3. Beyond the (Garbage) Pale, or Democracy, Censorship and the Arts, 4. Legislative Recommendations: Report of the Committee on Obscenity and Pornography, 5. Pornography-Raging Menace or Paper Tiger?, 6. Obscenity Laws-A Shift to Reality, 7. Pornographic Theaters Off Times Square, 8. The Pleasures of Commodity, or How to Make the World Safe for Pornography, 9. Moral Principles Towards a Definition of the Obscene, 10. The Modern Machiavellians: The Pornography of Sexual Game-Playing, 11. Night Words: High Pornography and Human Privacy, 12. The Effects of Explicit Sexual Materials: The Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, 13. Violence, Pornography and Social Science, 14. Polity, Politics and Social Research: A Study in the Relationship of Federal Commissions and Social Science, Bibliography, About the Contributors, Index

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Ray C. Rist is senior policy analyst , National Institute of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington D.C. The author of many articles, his book The Urban School: A Factory for Failure, has recently been published. He is also the editor of Restructuring American Education, published by Transaction books. His major research interests are in social policy analysis, urban education and social deviance.

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