TY - JOUR

T1 - Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Studying the “Freedom of Speech” Concept

AU - Bykov, Aleksei Yuryevich

AU - Georgieva, Elena Savova

AU - Puiu, Daria Anatolevna

AU - Lukin, Stanislav Sergeevich

AU - Puiu, Iuliia Valerievna

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - Present article attempts to reveal the approaches to describing the “freedom of speech” concept. It focuses of the theoretical directions that explain the specifics of its development and realization. One of the key messages of the work is the statement that the concept is related to cultural, political, ideological and other affirmations and processes, which are common for the society. Therefore, freedom of speech is addressed as a political, philosophical, legal, ideological and religious phenomenon. Methodology of the study is based on the analysis and generalization of a system of historic and modern documents that reveal various aspects of freedom of speech in the context of social and political processes. The use of structural-functional and systemic approaches allows revealing the dependence of the phenomenon’s separate elements (comprehension and various manifestations of freedom of speech) from its place and functions in the system of social relations. The results of the study allow making the conclu

AB - Present article attempts to reveal the approaches to describing the “freedom of speech” concept. It focuses of the theoretical directions that explain the specifics of its development and realization. One of the key messages of the work is the statement that the concept is related to cultural, political, ideological and other affirmations and processes, which are common for the society. Therefore, freedom of speech is addressed as a political, philosophical, legal, ideological and religious phenomenon. Methodology of the study is based on the analysis and generalization of a system of historic and modern documents that reveal various aspects of freedom of speech in the context of social and political processes. The use of structural-functional and systemic approaches allows revealing the dependence of the phenomenon’s separate elements (comprehension and various manifestations of freedom of speech) from its place and functions in the system of social relations. The results of the study allow making the conclu

KW - Freedom of Speech

KW - Freedom of Press

KW - Theoretical and Methodological Approach

KW - Philosophical Concepts

KW - Ideology

KW - Liberalism

KW - Conservatism

M3 - Article

VL - 97

SP - 35

EP - 48

JO - Man in India

JF - Man in India

SN - 0025-1569

IS - 7

ER -