American Inquisitors

by Walter Lippmann

Book Overview

American Inquisitors is one of the small gems among Walter Lippmann's larger books. Written in response to the trials of John Scopes and William McAndrew in 1925 and 1927, this volume contains a succinct analysis of a basic problem of democracy: the conflict between intellectual freedom and majority rule. In both cases, the state, acting in the name of popular sovereignty, sought to suppress teaching that was contrary to the tenets of religious fundamentalism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138518751
• ISBN13: 9781138518759
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"