Against Free Speech
This book explores the renewed and vociferous defence of free speech witnessed in relation to a number of high-profile events, including the Charlie Hebdo massacre, the Brexit and Trump campaigns, and recent campus politics. Anthony Leaker argues that the defence of free speech has played a pivotal role in a resurgent right-wing nationalism, that it is the rallying point for a wider set of reactionary political demands, a form of aggrieved liberalism at best and patriarchal white supremacy at worst, aided by a complicit liberal centre. By focusing on these events and situating them within the wider geopolitical context of a post-democratic, p…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78660-855-0
- EAN: 9781786608550
- Produktnummer: 25872936
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 138 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D0.7 cm 184 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 184
Über den Autor
Anthony Leaker is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Critical Theory at the University of Brighton.
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