Against Free Speech

Leaker critiques the role that the defence of free speech has played in legitimising the scapegoating of oppressed minorities while deflecting attention from the egregious operations of power that have led to ever greater inequality, injustice and capitalist destruction.

Sommario

Introduction / 1. Make Liberalism Great Again! / 2. The War on Students / 3. Racial Liberalism / 4. The War on Muslims / 5. Silencing

Info autore

Anthony Leaker is a principal lecturer in cultural and critical theory at the University of Brighton.

Riassunto

This book presents an accessible and carefully argued challenge to conventional approaches to thinking about free speech. Anthony Leaker provides a richer, more nuanced understanding of what free speech is and how it operates, explaining how free speech arguments are situated within a broader liberal humanist ideology.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anthony Leaker
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781786608550
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-855-0
• Pagine: 115
• Serie: Polemics
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800