Speech and harm : controversies over free speech / edited by Ishani Maitra and Mary Kate McGowan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maitra, Ishani, editor.

McGowan, Mary Kathryn, 1968- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech--Social aspects.

Freedom of speech.

Hate speech.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 255 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Speech & harm

Controversies over free speech

Place of Publication:

Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most liberal societies are committed to free speech, but there is evidence that some kinds of speech can be harmful in ways that are detrimental to important liberal values, such as social inequality. This volume draws on a range of approaches to explore the problem and determine what should be done about allegedly harmful speech.

Contents:

Introduction and overview / Ishani Maitra and Mary Kate McGowan

Freedom of expression and human rights law : the case of Holocaust denial / Andrew Altman

'Speaking back' : the likely fate of hate speech policy in the United States and Australia / Katharine Gelber

Beyond belief : pragmatics in hate speech and pornography / Rae Langton

Subordinating speech / Ishani Maitra

On 'whites only' signs and racist hate speech : verbal acts of racial discrimination / Mary Kate McGowan

Power in public : reactions, responses, and resistance to offensive public speech / Laura Beth Nielsen

Genocidal language games / Lynne Yirrell

Words that silence? Freedom of expression and racist hate speech / Caroline West.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-923627-5

1-283-57750-X

9786613889959

0-19-163131-0

OCLC:

807049337