Banned books

Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or other written material. In modern times other forms of media, such as gramophone records, CDs and video tapes, have also been ceremoniously burned or shredded. The practice, often carried out publicly, is usually motivated by moral, political or religious objections to the material. "Burning books and killing scholars" in 212 BC is count ...

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Several books critical of Islam have been banned in India or in parts of India. India was the first country in the world to ban the Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. The book Understanding Islam through Hadits by Ram Swarup was also banned. There have also been claims that the history of the Islamic invasion of India is being systematically whitewashed and censored in Indian school-books and in other media (e.g. Shourie 1998). ...

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Censorship in South Asia, Censorship in South Asia - Bangladesh, Censorship in South Asia - India, Censorship in South Asia - Pakistan, Censorship in South Asia - Sri Lanka, Censorship in South Asia - Literature

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Book burning - Famous incidents of other items ceremoniously burnt in protest. Registration passes burned by Indian and Chinese citizens in South Africa, as urged by Mahatma Gandhi Beatles records, after John Lennon's out-of-context remark that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus" (see History of the Beatles). Bras, during the feminist movement, to symbolically protest the perceived holding back of women under the guise of "support" and "care". Draft not ...

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Book burning, Book burning - Notable book burning incidents, Book burning - Famous incidents of other items ceremoniously burnt in protest, Book burning - In fiction, Book burning - Sources

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Book burning - Famous incidents of other items ceremoniously burnt in protest. Registration passes burned by Indian and Chinese citizens in South Africa, as urged by Mahatma Gandhi Beatles records, after John Lennon's out-of-context remark that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus" (see History of the Beatles). Bras, during the feminist movement, to symbolically protest the perceived holding back of women under the guise of "support" and "care". Draft notification card ...

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De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (English: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, Polish: O obrotach sfer niebieskich) is the seminal work on heliocentric theory and the masterpiece of the great Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. The book set out to offer an alternative model of the universe to the Ptolemaic system. Copernicus began to write it in 1506 and finishe ...

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Censorship is the control of speech and other forms of human expression, often by government intervention. It is most commonly applied to acts which occur in public circumstances, and most formally involves suppression of ideas (by criminalizing or regulating expression). Discussion of censorship often further considers less formal means of controlling perceptions by excluding various ideas from mass communication. What is censored may range from specific words to entire concepts. The ostensible motive of censorship is to stabilize or improve t ...

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• Censorship - Censorship around the world
• Censorship - Censorship of Media
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The first part of Don Quixote has a scene in which the priest and the housekeeper of the knight go through the chivalry books that have turned him mad. In a kind of auto de fe, they burn most of them. The comments of the priest express the literary tastes of Cervantes. It is notable that he saves Tirant lo Blanch. Fahrenheit 451 is a novel by Ray Bradbury, the plot of which centers around the practice of book burning. The title explains the alleged temperature ...

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Book burning, Book burning - Notable book burning incidents, Book burning - Famous incidents of other items ceremoniously burnt in protest, Book burning - In fiction, Book burning - Sources

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The first part of Don Quixote has a scene in whtich the priest and the housekeeper of the knight go through the chivalry books that have turned him mad. In a kind of auto de fe, they burn most of them. The comments of the priest express the literary tastes of Cervantes. It is notable that he saves Tirant lo Blanch. Fahrenheit 451 is a novel by Ray Bradbury, the plot of which centers around the practice of book burning. The title explains the alleged temperature ...

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Book burning, Book burning - Notable book burning incidents, Book burning - Famous incidents of other items ceremoniously burnt in protest, Book burning - In fiction, Book burning - Sources

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The Pakistani government has banned the import of Indian films, leaving piracy as the only way to distribute them. [2] The Freedom House, which monitors freedom of speech, has placed Pakistan among countries where the press is “Not Free” in 2004 and 2005. [3] ...

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Censorship in South Asia, Censorship in South Asia - Bangladesh, Censorship in South Asia - India, Censorship in South Asia - Pakistan, Censorship in South Asia - Sri Lanka, Censorship in South Asia - Literature

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Censorship is regarded among a majority of academics in the Western world as a typical feature of dictatorships and other authoritarian political systems. Democratic nations are represented, especially among Western government, academic and media commentators, to have somewhat less institutionalized censorship, and instead are represented as promoting the importance of freedom of speech. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics maintained one of the largest official programs for state-imposed censorship imaginable. The main organ for o ...

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Censorship, Censorship - Terms, Censorship - Censorship Types, Censorship - Subject matter, Censorship - State secrets and unwanted attention, Censorship - School textbooks, Censorship - Implementation, Censorship - Prevention and bypassing, Censorship - Censorship around the world, Censorship - Censorship of Media, Censorship - Other types of censorship

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Censorship is regarded among a majority of academics in the Western world as a typical feature of dictatorships and other authoritarian political systems. Democratic nations are represented, especially among Western government, academic and media commentators, to have somewhat less institutionalized censorship, and instead are represented as promoting the importance of freedom of speech. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics maintained one of the largest official programs for state-imposed censorship imaginable. The main organ for o ...

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Censorship, Censorship - Censorship Types, Censorship - State secrets and unwanted attention, Censorship - School textbooks, Censorship - Terms, Censorship - Implementation, Censorship - Prevention and bypassing, Censorship - Censorship around the world, Censorship - Censorship of Media, Censorship - Other types of censorship

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Censorship is regarded among a majority of academics in the Western world as a typical feature of dictatorships and other authoritarian political systems. Democratic nations are represented, especially among Western government, academic and media commentators, to have somewhat less institutionalized censorship, and instead are represented as promoting the importance of freedom of speech. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics maintained a particularly extensive programs of state-imposed censorship. The main organ for official censors ...

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Censorship, Censorship - Terms, Censorship - Censorship Types, Censorship - Subject matter, Censorship - State secrets and unwanted attention, Censorship - School textbooks, Censorship - Implementation, Censorship - Prevention and bypassing, Censorship - Censorship around the world, Censorship - Censorship of Media, Censorship - Other types of censorship

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In wartime, explicit censorship is carried out with the intent of preventing the release of information that might be useful to an enemy. Typically it involves obfuscation of times or locations, or delaying the release of information (e.g. an operational objective) until it is of no possible use to enemy forces. Any mention of specific weapons and equipment is usually censored as well. The moral issues here are often seen as somewhat different, as release of tactical information usually presents a greater risk of casualties among one's own f ...

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In England, censorship began with the introduction of copyright laws which gave the Crown the permission to license publishing. Without government approval, printing was not allowed. It is sometimes called prior restraint when a court or other governmental body prevents a person from speaking or publishing. This is sometimes viewed as worse than punishment after someone speaks as in libel suits. Censorship can be explicit, as in laws passed to prevent select positions from being published or propagated (as in the People's Republic of ...

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Censorship, Censorship - Terms, Censorship - Censorship Types, Censorship - Subject matter, Censorship - State secrets and unwanted attention, Censorship - School textbooks, Censorship - Implementation, Censorship - Prevention and bypassing, Censorship - Censorship around the world, Censorship - Censorship of Media, Censorship - Other types of censorship

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"Censorship" comes from the ancient Roman word "censor". In Rome, the censor had two duties, to count the citizens and to supervise their morals. The term "census" is also derived from this word. An early published reference to the term "whitewash" dates back to 1762 in a Boston Evening Post article. In 1800 the word was used publicly in a political context, when a Philadelphia Aurora editorial said that "if you do not whitewash President Adams speedily, the Democrats, like swarms of flies, will bespatter him all over, and make you both as speckled as a dir ...

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Censorship, Censorship - Censorship Types, Censorship - State secrets and unwanted attention, Censorship - School textbooks, Censorship - Terms, Censorship - Implementation, Censorship - Prevention and bypassing, Censorship - Censorship around the world, Censorship - Censorship of Media, Censorship - Other types of censorship

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In England, it started by introduction of copyright laws which gave the crown the permission to license publishing. Without government approval printing was not allowed. It is sometimes called prior restraint when a court or other governmental body prevents a person from speaking or publishing. This is sometimes viewed as worse than punishment after someone speaks as in libel suits. Censorship can be explicit, as in laws passed to prevent select positions from being published or propagated (as in the People's Republic of China, Saudi ...

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Censorship, Censorship - Censorship Types, Censorship - State secrets and unwanted attention, Censorship - School textbooks, Censorship - Terms, Censorship - Implementation, Censorship - Prevention and bypassing, Censorship - Censorship around the world, Censorship - Censorship of Media, Censorship - Other types of censorship

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Explicit wartime censorship is carried out with the intention of preventing the release of information that might be advantageous to an enemy. Typically it involves obfuscation of times or locations, or delaying the release of information (e.g. the objective of an operation) until it is of no possible use to enemy forces. Mention of weapons and equipment is another favourite area for censorship. The moral issues here are often seen as somewhat different when release of tactical information may present a greater risk of casualtie ...

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Censorship, Censorship - Censorship Types, Censorship - State secrets and unwanted attention, Censorship - School textbooks, Censorship - Terms, Censorship - Implementation, Censorship - Prevention and bypassing, Censorship - Censorship around the world, Censorship - Censorship of Media, Censorship - Other types of censorship

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"Censorship" comes from the Latin word "censor". In Rome, the censor had two duties, to count the citizens and to supervise their morals. The term "census" is also derived from this word. An early published reference to the term "whitewash" dates back to 1762 in a Boston Evening Post article. In 1800 the word was used publicly in a political context, when a Philadelphia Aurora editorial said that "if you do not whitewash President Adams speedily, the Democrats, like swarms of flies, will bespatter him all over, and make you both as speckled as a dir ...

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Censorship, Censorship - Terms, Censorship - Censorship Types, Censorship - Subject matter, Censorship - State secrets and unwanted attention, Censorship - School textbooks, Censorship - Implementation, Censorship - Prevention and bypassing, Censorship - Censorship around the world, Censorship - Censorship of Media, Censorship - Other types of censorship

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