Freedom from Speech e-bog
50,64 DKK
(inkl. moms 63,30 DKK)
This is a surreal time for freedom of speech. While the legal protections of the First Amendment remain strong, the culture is obsessed with punishing individuals for allegedly offensive utterances. And academia already an institution in which free speech is in decline has grown still more intolerant, with high-profile disinvitation efforts against well-known speakers and demands for professo...
E-bog
50,64 DKK
Forlag
Encounter Books
Udgivet
9 september 2014
Længde
48 sider
Genrer
JFMD
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781594038082
This is a surreal time for freedom of speech. While the legal protections of the First Amendment remain strong, the culture is obsessed with punishing individuals for allegedly offensive utterances. And academia already an institution in which free speech is in decline has grown still more intolerant, with high-profile disinvitation efforts against well-known speakers and demands for professors to provide trigger warnings in class. In this Broadside, Greg Lukianoff argues that the threats to free speech go well beyond political correctness or liberal groupthink. As global populations increasingly expect not just physical comfort but also intellectual comfort, threats to freedom of speech are only going to become more intense. To fight back, we must understand this trend and see how students and average citizens alike are increasingly demanding freedom from speech.