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"Throughout history, tyrants, totalitarian states, church institutions, and democratic governments alike have banned books that challenged their assumptions or questioned their activities. Political suppression also occurs in the name of security and the safeguarding of official secrets and is often used as a weapon in larger cultural or political battles. This title illustrates the extent and frequency of such censorship in nearly every form of writing."--Publisher...
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"Censorship of religious and philosophical writing is as old as history and as current as today's headlines, Many of the world's major religious texts, including the Bible, the Talmud, the Koran, and others, have been suppressed, condemned, or proscribed at some time. Works of secular literature that touch upon religious beliefs or reflect dissenting views have also been suppressed. This work profiles the censorship of many of these works."--Publisher...
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2011.
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English
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"This title discusses the many works that have been banned over the centuries because they offended or merely ignored official truths, challenged widely held assumptions, or contained ideas or language unacceptable to a state, religious institution, or private moral watchdog."--Publisher description.
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