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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maitra, Ishani.

McGowan, Mary Kathryn, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech--Social aspects.

Freedom of speech.

Hate speech.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Speech & harm

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:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""List of contributors""; ""Introduction and Overview""; ""Freedom of Expression and Human Rights Law: The Case of Holocaust Denial""; ""�Speaking Back�: The Likely Fate of Hate Speech Policy in the United States and Australia""; ""Beyond Belief: Pragmatics in Hate Speech and Pornography""; ""Subordinating Speech""; ""On �Whites Only� Signs and Racist Hate Speech: Verbal Acts of Racial Discrimination""; ""Power in Public: Reactions, Responses, and Resistance to Offensive Public Speech""; ""Genocidal Language Games""

""Words That Silence? Freedom of Expression and Racist Hate Speech""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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