Knowledge and Censorship

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Four Meditations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Process Glitch

      • Ilan Stavans, Verónica Albin

      Pages 3-8

   3. Wor(l)ds

      • Ilan Stavans, Verónica Albin

      Pages 9-13

   4. Stealing Books

      • Ilan Stavans, Verónica Albin

      Pages 15-21

   5. Keeping My Mouth Shut

      • Ilan Stavans, Verónica Albin

      Pages 23-25

3. Four Interviews

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Knowledge

      • Ilan Stavans, Verónica Albin

      Pages 29-54

   3. Dictionaries

      • Ilan Stavans, Verónica Albin

      Pages 55-93

   4. Libraries

      • Ilan Stavans, Verónica Albin

      Pages 95-126

   5. Censorship

      • Ilan Stavans, Verónica Albin

      Pages 127-164

4. Back Matter

   Pages 165-177

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This volume collects four sharp philosophical essays by Ilan Stavans on the acquisition of knowledge in multi-ethnic environments, the role that dictionaries play in the preservation of memory, the function of libraries in the electronic age, and the uses of censorship. In the second part of the volume, Verónica Albin engages Stavans in a series of four conversations in which he expounds on the arguments he developed in the essays.

• environment
• essay
• freedom
• knowledge
• liberty
• memory
• philosophy
• play

Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professorof Latin American and Latino Culture, Amherst College. Verónica Albin is Senior Lecturer of Spanish, Rice University.

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