Pascal MBONGO - The Trivialization of the Concept of Censorship

Pouvoirs n°130 - L’état des libertés - septembre 2009 - p.17-30

After having identified a number of intellectual and methodological requirements to draw a fairly objective picture of freedom of expression in France, the author looks at the specific ways of discussing freedom of expression through a reference to censorship. What accounts for the fact that public speeches condemning censorship are so numerous and yet so inefficient ? The author suggests that this might be because censorship has become a buzzword, i.e. a word that does account for certain new features of freedom of expression but does not allow to deal with them. Résumé

Référence électonique : Pascal MBONGO, "The Trivialization of the Concept of Censorship", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°130, 2009, p.17-3. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/The-Trivialization-of-the-Concept.html