Book Banning (Ethics (Ready Reference series))
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Book banning is an ancient activity practiced throughout history and the world (although this review will focus on book banning in the United States). The first book banning occurred in Western civilization in 387 b.c.e., when Plato recommended that Homer be expurgated for immature readers. Four hundred years later, the Roman emperor Caligula tried to ban Homer’s Odyssey because he feared that the book’s strong theme of...
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