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Salem on the Thames : Moral Panic, Anti-Zionism, and the Triumph of Hate Speech at Connecticut College / Richard Landes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Landes, Richard, Author.
- Series:
- Antisemitism in America.
- Antisemitism in America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Connecticut College.
- Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Hate speech--United States.
- Hate speech.
- Zionism--United States--Public opinion.
- Zionism.
- Academia.
- BDS.
- Jewish studies.
- North American colleges and universities.
- US colleges and universities.
- anti-Israel.
- anti-semitism.
- anti-zionism.
- antisemitism.
- college campus.
- college journalism.
- education.
- free speech.
- hate-speech.
- hostile learning climates.
- persecution.
- public shaming.
- racism.
- religious intolerance.
- social justice warriors.
- social media.
- staged emergencies.
- Local Subjects:
- Academia.
- BDS.
- Connecticut College.
- Jewish studies.
- North American colleges and universities.
- US colleges and universities.
- anti-Israel.
- anti-semitism.
- anti-zionism.
- antisemitism.
- college campus.
- college journalism.
- education.
- free speech.
- hate-speech.
- hostile learning climates.
- persecution.
- public shaming.
- racism.
- religious intolerance.
- social justice warriors.
- social media.
- staged emergencies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- In the Spring of 2015, a post-modern version of the Salem witchcraft trials took place at Connecticut College on the Thames River. Only this time instead of sorcery it was Zionism; instead of punishing in the name of God’s law it was in the name of anti-hate speech and inclusive excellence; instead of young teenage girls leading the hysteria it was college-aged social warriors stampeding 200 professors into sacrificing one of their colleagues, and thereby contributing to a wave of administration-promoted hate-speech at their college.The Pessin affair offers us a case study in a tendency towards “public shaming” that not only deeply compromises the integrity of academia, but increasingly spreads to many aspects of our society, so susceptible to media-driven feeding frenzies.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Andrew Pessin’s Facebook Post during Operation Protective Edge
- Condensed Timeline
- 1. The Post: On Truth and Metaphor
- 2. The Shameful Dishonesty of It All: An Annotated Chronology from the Perspective of the Victim
- 3. The People: McCarthyism, New London Style
- 4. Connecticut College Acts Out a Staged Emergency
- 5. “I Was Rude, You Were Evil”: Reflections on Academia, Liberalism, and the Betrayal of Andrew Pessin
- 6. The Pessin Case: The Response of Jewish Colleagues
- 7. What Connecticut College’s Andrew Pessin Affair Teaches Us
- 8. Reflections on Academia and Freedom: The Case of Connecticut College, Spring 2015
- 9. Pessin, Ironic Prophet: The Liberal Emperor’s New Clothes of Humanitarian Racism
- Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 1-64469-370-4
- 1-64469-100-0
- OCLC:
- 1140370900
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