Arguing for Art, Debating Censorship

Using a sociological and philosophical approach, this paper discusses the legitimacy, utility and functionality of art censorship both as a social practice and as an autonomous discourse. My intervention reconstitutes and deconstructs the legal arguments underlying the decision to censor artistic pr...

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Published in:	Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory
Main Author:	Liviu Malița
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca 2019-07-01
Subjects:	literary censorship Romanian communism art and justice discourse anonymous authority
Online Access:	http://www.metacriticjournal.com/article/118/arguing-for-art-debating-censorship

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