Rethinking free speech / by Peter Ives.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ives, Peter, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech--Political aspects.

Freedom of speech.

Freedom of speech--Philosophy.

Freedom of expression.

Academic freedom.

Social media.

social media.

Physical Description:

viii, 208 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Halifax, Nova Scotia ; Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

"Clashes over free speech rights and wrongs haunt public debates about the state of democracy, freedom and the future. While freedom of speech is recognized as foundational to democratic society, its meaning is persistently misunderstood and distorted. Prominent commentators have built massive platforms around claims that their right to free speech is being undermined. Critics of free speech correctly see these claims as a veil for misogyny, white-supremacy, colonialism and transphobia, concluding it is a political weapon to conserve entrenched power arrangements. But is this all there is to say? Rethinking Free Speech will change the way you think about the politics of speech and its relationship to the future of freedom and democracy in the age of social media. Political theorist Peter Ives offers a new way of thinking about the essential and increasingly contentious debates around the politics of speech. Drawing on political philosophy, including the classic arguments of JS Mill, and everyday examples, Ives takes the reader on a journey through the hotspots of today's raging speech wars. In its bold and careful insights on the combative politics of language, Rethinking Free Speech provides a map for critically grasping these battles as they erupt in university classrooms, debates around the meaning of antisemitism, the "cancelling" of racist comedians and the proliferation of hate speech on social media"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Philosophical justifications

2. Constitutional protections

3. Academic freedom is not free speech

4. Social media

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-196) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ives, Peter, 1968- Rethinking free speech.

ISBN:

9781773636979

1773636979

OCLC:

1429659308

Publisher Number:

90101358820