Showing posts with label 1600 to Present. Show all posts
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Friday, February 1, 2019

Powerful Shift of Book Censorship from 1600 to Present: In Reference to China

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The practice of book censorship is predominant in human history for a long period. The traces date back to ancient China where censorship was marked as a legitimate tool for regulating the political and moral outlook of the people (Newth, 2010). As stated by Newth (2010), the origin of the term ‘censor’ was from the office of censor of 443 BC, Rome. As for the Greeks for the maintenance of good governance, it is important to shape the character of individuals of the state and so censorship gets noted as an honourable task (Newth, 2010). However, with time the act of censorship started getting associated with controversial statements at large.