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Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
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- Release Year
- 2022
- ISBN
- 9781541600492
- Book Title
- Free Speech : a History from Socrates to Social Media
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.5in
- Genre
- Law, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Europe / Western, General, Censorship, Legal History
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 26.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 528 Pages
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A global history of free speech, from the ancient world to today Hailed as the "first freedom," free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a challenging principle, subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in democracies and authoritarian states around the world, it is on the retreat. In Free Speech , Jacob Mchangama traces the riveting legal, political, and cultural history of this idea. Through captivating stories of free speech's many defenders--from the ancient Athenian orator Demosthenes and the ninth-century freethinker al-Razi, to the anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and modern-day digital activists--Mchangama reveals how the free exchange of ideas underlies all intellectual achievement and has enabled the advancement of both freedom and equality worldwide. Yet the desire to restrict speech, too, is a constant, and he explores how even its champions can be led down this path when the rise of new and contrarian voices challenge power and privilege of all stripes. Meticulously researched and deeply humane, Free Speech demonstrates how much we have gained from this principle--and how much we stand to lose without it.
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Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
1541600495
ISBN-13
9781541600492
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10050100846
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Book Title
Free Speech : a History from Socrates to Social Media
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Western, General, Censorship, Legal History
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Law, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
528 Pages
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Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
26.9 Oz
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Jc591.M33 2022
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"Freedom of speech has emerged as a major issue of this decade, but most of the discussion consists of outrages over speech or the repression of speech. Missing is the intellectual background: What does free speech really mean? What is its history? How has it played out in world events? Why should we defend it? Jacob Mchangama lays out this context with deep erudition, strong writing, and a light touch."-- Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and the author of Enlightenment Now and Rationality, "Jacob Mchangama's panoramic exploration of the history of free speech offers a vivid, highly readable account of how today's most pitched battles over free speech reflect tensions and impulses that are as old as history itself. Mchangama persuasively dismantles the persistent claims, common to every era and technological evolution, that unprecedented new threats warrant expanded constraints on speech. This indispensable book is a must for both defenders of free speech and, even more so, for those entertaining the notion that free speech should or must be traded away in order to advance other public goods."-- Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America and author of Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All (2020), "A lot of people now claim that free speech is a danger to democracy or social inclusion. In this vital book, which is as entertaining as it is erudite, Jacob Mchangama shows why that is dead wrong. Drawing on both historical analysis and normative argument, he makes a compelling case for why anyone who cares about liberty or justice must defend free speech."-- Yascha Mounk, author of The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure and associate professor at Johns Hopkins University
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