Ethical issues: censorship Books
Academica Press A Book Too Risky To Publish: Free Speech and
Book SynopsisTraditionally, our society has broadly agreed that the “good university” should teach the intellectual skills students need to become citizens who are intelligently critical of their own beliefs and of the narratives presented politicians, society, the media, and, indeed, universities themselves. The freedom to debate is essential to the development of critical thought, but on university campuses today free speech is increasingly restricted for fear of causing “offense.” In this daring and intrepid book, which was originally withdrawn from publication by another publisher but is now proudly presented by Academica Press, the famous intelligence researcher James R. Flynn presents the underlying factors that have circumscribed the range of ideas now tolerated in our institutions of learning. Flynn studiously examines how universities effectively censor teaching, how social and political activism effectively censors its opponents, and how academics censor themselves and each other. A Book Too Risky To Publish concludes that few universities are now living up to their original mission to promote free inquiry and unfettered critical thought. In an age marred by fake news and ever increasing social and political polarization, this book makes an impassioned argument for a return to critical thought in our institutions of higher education.
£85.60
OR Books In Defense of Julian Assange
Book SynopsisAfter being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian Assange is now in a high security prison in London where he faces extradition to the United States and imprisonment for the rest of his life. The charges Assange faces are a major threat to press freedom. James Goodale, who represented the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case, commented: “The charge against Assange for ‘conspiring’ with a source is the most dangerous I can think of with respect to the First Amendment in all my years representing media organizations.” It is critical now to build support for Assange and prevent his delivery into the hands of the Trump administration. That is the urgent purpose of this book. A wide range of distinguished contributors, many of them in original pieces, here set out the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, the importance of their work, and the dangers for us all in the persecution they face. In Defense of Julian Assange is a vivid, vital intervention into one of the most important political issues of our day.Trade Review"This book shows why the Julian Assange case is one of the most important press freedom cases of this century or any other century."—James C. Goodale, former Vice Chairman and General Counsel of The New York Times. “I think the prosecution of him [Assange] would be a very, very bad precedent for publishers … from everything I know, he’s sort of in a classic publisher’s position and I think the law would have a very hard time drawing a distinction between The New York Times and WikiLeaks.” —David McCraw, lead lawyer for The New York Times
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OR Books Julian Assange In His Own Words
Book SynopsisThe WikiLeaks publisher and free speech campaigner Julian Assange has, since April 2019, been remanded at a maximum security prison in London facing extradition to the United States over WikiLeaks’ groundbreaking 2010 publications. Now, in this crisp anthology, Assange’s voice emerges – erudite, analytic and prophetic. Julian Assange In His Own Words provides a highly accessible survey of Assange’s philosophy and politics, conveying his views on how governments, corporations, intelligence agencies and the media function. As well as addressing the significance of the vast trove of leaked documents published by WikiLeaks, Assange draws on a polymathic intelligence to range freely over quantum physics, Greek mythology, macroeconomics, modern literature, and empires old and new. Drawing on his insights as the world’s most famous free speech activist Assange invites us to ask further questions about how power operates in a world increasingly dominated by a ubiquitous internet. Assange may be gagged, but in these pages his words run free, providing both an exhortation to fight for a better world and an inspiration when doing so.Trade Review“Of all the publications about Julian Assange, this — in his own words — stands out as eloquent and powerful. It's Julian speaking.” — John Pilger“[An] indispensable collection” — The Prisma“The West has political prisoners” — New York Journal of Books“The freedom fighter for all of us” — Al-Akhbar“Should become an essential tool in the campaign for Assange’s life” — Morning Star“Presents a world of sober analysis and penetrating insights” — WISE Up Action
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Fulcrum Publishing On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel
Book SynopsisIn America, censorship surges in periods of demographic and political change. Its primary purpose is to silence challenges to an established elite or norm. Today, censorship is part of a larger assault on such American institutions as schools, public libraries, and universities, the better to establish more control over the people--while also pilfering their wallets. On Censorship is a part of the Publisher’s Speakers Corner Books.
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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Literature and the Law in South Africa,
Book SynopsisIn 1994, artistic freedom pertaining inter alia to literature was enshrined in the South African Constitution. Clearly, the establishment of this right was long overdue compared to other nations within the Commonwealth. Indeed, the legal framework and practices regarding the regulation of literature that were introduced following the nation’s transition to a non-racial democracy seemed to form a decisive turning point in the history of South African censorship of literature. This study employs a historical sociological point of view to describe how the nation’s emerging literary field helped pave the way for the constitutional entrenchment of this right in 1994. On the basis of institutional and poetological analyses of all the legal trials concerning literature that were held in South Africa during the period 1910–2010, it describes how the battles fought in and around the courts between literary, judicial and executive elites eventually led to a constitutional exceptio artis for literature. As the South African judiciary displayed an ongoing orientation towards both English and American law in this period, the analyses are firmly placed in the context of developments occurring concurrently in these two legal systems.Trade ReviewA thoroughly historicized account of legal positions about the growing institutional autonomy of literature in South Africa. -- Andries Visagie, Professor in Afrikaans literature in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, Stellenbosch UniversityCensorship in apartheid-era South Africa was at once crudely repressive and strangely convoluted. When it came to literature this was in part because a small but influential group of censors, mainly literary academics but also some writers, attempted to defend the ideals of an autonomous ‘Republic of Letters’ from within the bureaucracy itself. In his deeply researched study of the longer judicial history of the exceptio artis in South Africa, Ted Laros fills in the legal back story to this fatal compromise, reflects on the complex role the courts played in supporting and limiting it, and considers its afterlife in the legislation underpinning the new South Africa’s constitutional democracy. Literature and Law in South Africa, 1910-2010 is indispensable reading not only for scholars and students interested in the cunning passages of the South African legal history, but for anyone who wishes to gain a better understanding of how the ideals of the European Enlightenment co-existed with, and sometimes abetted, the brutal exercise of power in the age of empire. -- Peter D. McDonald, author of The Literature Police: Apartheid Censorship and its Cultural Consequences (Oxford, 2009)When does the unspeakable become sayable because it is said within the context of art? Ted Laros`s study of Apartheid and post-Apartheid censorship trials demonstrates how the literary field is constructed as one that lies outside the scope of legal censorship, which marks a decisive moment in the volatile relationship between law and literature. His study shows that this moment differs depending on the legal system and legal culture in which it occurs. It therefore addresses the changing racial and legal politics of South Africa to show how the autonomization of the literary field interacted with the state's changing conceptualization of itself. -- Greta Olson, general editor of the European Journal of English Studies, co-founder of the European Network for Law and Literature Research, and professor of English and American Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Giessen, GermanyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Literature in Law Part I: Legal Groundwork, 1910-55 Chapter One: Preparing the Ground for Autonomization Part II: Hesitant Legal Recognition, 1955-75 Chapter Two: The 1965 Trials: Wilbur Smith’s When the Lion Feeds andCan Themba’s “The Fugitives” Chapter Three: The 1974 Trial of André Brink’s Kennis van die Aand Part III: Despite Rollback Efforts, Ongoing Recognition, 1975-80 Chapter Four: The 1978 Case of Etienne Leroux’s Magersfontein, O Magersfontein! Part IV: Decisive Legal Recognition, 1980-2010 Chapter Five: (The Road to) Constitutional Autonomy Chapter Six: Conclusion Works Cited Index
£68.40
Turner Publishing Company The Death of Free Speech: How Our Broken National
Book SynopsisRadio talking head Ziegler has been fired numerous times in his career for using language or terms deemed inappropriate. He talks about how this works in a free speech"" society.""
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Turner Publishing Company The Death of Free Speech: How Our Broken National
Book SynopsisRadio talking head Ziegler has been fired numerous times in his career for using language or terms deemed inappropriate. He talks about how this works in a free speech"" society.""
£18.89
Skyhorse Publishing The Tyranny of Big Tech
Book SynopsisThe reign of Big Tech is here, and Americans’ First Amendment rights hang by a keystroke. Amassing unimaginable amounts of personal data, giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple—once symbols of American ingenuity and freedom—have become a techno-oligarchy with overwhelming economic and political power. Decades of unchecked data collection have given Big Tech more targeted control over Americans’ daily lives than any company or government in the world. In The Tyranny of Big Tech, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri argues that these mega-corporations—controlled by the robber barons of the modern era—are the gravest threat to American liberty in decades. To reverse course, Hawley argues, we must correct progressives’ mistakes of the past. That means recovering the link between liberty and democratic participation, building an economy that makes the working class strong, independent, and beholden to no one
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Skyhorse Publishing The Tyranny of Big Tech
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Broad Book Group Fake News Witch Hunts and Conspiracy Theories
Book SynopsisWhat’s the truth and what’s a lie? What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation? How can I tell the difference? Looking to weaponize information, talking heads and other so-called experts use disinformation and conspiracy theories to prey on our fears and emotions. Why? It can be to get us to act and behave in a certain way. It may be done for some gain like money, power, or even an election. There is so much being done to create and craft messages to counter disinformation but not as much to explain the infodemic itself. Not much to explain science, health and other topics to those unfamiliar with it. To be fair, it can be difficult to explain one’s field or passion because we are immersed in it and know it well. We don’t always know what others don’t know. What seems obvious may not be. That’s where this book comes in. Fake News, Witch Hunts, and Conspiracy Theories is tr
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Cormorant Books The Uncaged Voice: Stories by Writers in Exile
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Intersentia Ltd Intermediary Liability and Freedom of Expression
Book SynopsisStates increasingly delegate regulatory and police functions to Internet intermediaries. The delegation is achieved by providing an incentive in the form of conditional liability exemptions. In the EU, the exemptions enshrined in the E-Commerce Directive effectively require intermediaries to police online content if they wish to maintain immunity regarding third party content. Such an approach results in delegated private enforcement that may lead to interference with the right to freedom of expression. Involving intermediaries in content regulation may be inevitable. The legal framework, on which it is based, however, should come equipped with safeguards that ensure effective protection of the right to freedom of expression.This book analyses the positive obligation of the European Union to introduce safeguards for freedom of expression when delegating the realisation of public policy objectives to Internet intermediaries.It also identifies and describes the safeguards that should be implemented in order to better protect freedom of expression.In a time when these issues are of particular relevance, Intermediary liability and freedom of expression in the EU provides the reader with a broader perspective on the problem of delegated regulation of expression on theInternet. It also provides the reader with up-to-date information on the discussions in the EU.
£99.75
University of Wales Press Theatre Censorship in Spain, 1931–1985
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive study of the impact of censorship on theatre in twentieth-century Spain. It draws on extensive archival evidence, vivid personal testimonies and in-depth analysis of legislation to document the different kinds of theatre censorship practised during the Second Republic (1931–6), the civil war (1936–9), the Franco dictatorship (1939–75) and the transition to democracy (1975–85). Changes in criteria, administrative structures and personnel from these periods are traced in relation to wider political, social and cultural developments, and the responses of playwrights, directors and companies are explored. With a focus on censorship, new light is cast on particular theatremakers and their work, the conditions in which all kinds of theatre were produced, the construction of genres and canons, as well as on broader cultural history and changing ideological climate – all of which are linked to reflections on the nature of censorship and the relationship between culture and the state.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of illustrations List of abbreviations Introduction 1. The Evolution of Theatre Censorship in Spain from the 1830s to the 1930s 2. Un teatro de ida y vuelta: All Change and No Change in the Second Republic and the Civil War Case Study: Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús, by Vicente Mena Pérez 3. The Franco Dictatorship: Censorship as ‘Propaganda’, ‘Education’ and ‘Information’ Case Study: La casa de Bernarda Alba, by Federico García Lorca 4. The Pervasiveness of Censorship during the Dictatorship: Right-Wing Triumphalism, Commercial Theatre, Revistas and Catalan Theatre Case Study: La Infanzona, by Jacinto Benavente 5. The Realist Generation: A Spotlight on the Margins of Society Case Study: Escuadra hacia la muerte, by Alfonso Sastre 6. Experimental, Avant-Garde and Independent Theatre: Pushing the Boundaries Case Study: Castañuela 70, by Tábano and Las Madres del Cordero 7. The Censorship of Foreign Theatre: From Taming the Text to Disruptive Drama Case Study: El círculo de tiza caucasiano, by Bertolt Brecht 8. Dénouement: Dismantling the Apparatus during the Transition to Democracy Case Study: La torna, by Els Joglars/Albert Boadella Conclusion Bibliography: Archival sources Legislation Other sources Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Enforcing Silence: Academic Freedom, Palestine
Book SynopsisAcademic freedom is under siege, as our universities become the sites of increasingly fraught battles over freedom of speech. While much of the public debate has focussed on ‘no platforming’ by students, this overlooks the far graver threat posed by concerted efforts to silence the critical voices of both academics and students, through the use of bureaucracy, legal threats and online harassment. Such tactics have conspicuously been used, with particularly virulent effect, in an attempt to silence academic criticism of Israel. This collection uses the controversies surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a means of exploring the limits placed on academic freedom in a variety of different national contexts. It looks at how the increased neoliberalisation of higher education has shaped the current climate, and considers how academics and their universities should respond to these new threats. Bringing together new and established scholars from Palestine and the wider Middle East as well as the US and Europe, Enforcing Silence shows us how we can and must defend our universities as places for critical thinking and free expression.Trade ReviewEnforcing Silence is a much-needed intervention in debates that have long raged about academic freedom in relation to the Palestine question and academic boycott. It provides a thoughtful critique of the usefulness of a liberal notion of academic freedom from a variety of disciplinary and geographic locations ... a thoughtfully curated and insightful collection of essays that will give scholars, students, and activists important lines of analysis to counter enforced silence. * Journal of Palestine Studies *This collection of essays deserves the attention of political theorists and civil liberties lawyers as well as Middle East area experts. Its arguments may also be of interest to a wider public in the wake of America’s long, hot summer of protests by Black Lives Matter. * The Middle East Journal *As global support for Palestinian justice grows steadily, the silencing of criticism of Israel takes new aggressive forms. To understand why this is the case, and how the politics of Israel-Palestine has become indelibly connected to academic freedom, read this valuable and wide-ranging collection. * Bashir Abu-Manneh, University of Kent *Criticism of Israel has become the litmus test of “academic freedom”. Anyone believing that this is, at bottom, a straightforward and unquestionable notion will change their mind after reading this very stimulating and useful book. * Gilbert Achcar, School of Oriental and African Studies *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction, Palestine and Academic Freedom Part I: Universities and Academic Governance 1. Whose University? Academic Freedom, Neoliberalism and the Rise of ‘Israel Studies’ 2. Disciplinarity and the Boycott 3. “The Academic Field must be Defended”: Excluding Criticism of Israel from Campuses. 4. Lebanese and American Law at the American University of Beirut: A Case of Legal Liminality in Neoliberal Times 5. Precarious Work in Higher Education, Academic Freedom and the Academic Boycott of Israel in Ireland Part II: Colonial Erasure in Higher Education 6. Colonial Apologism and the Politics of Academic Freedom 7. The Academic Boycott and Beyond: Towards an Epistemological Strategy of Liberation and Decolonization 8. Colonial Academic Control in Palestine and Israel: Blueprint for Repression? Part III: Interrogating Academic Freedom 9. Lawfare against Academics and the Potential of Legal Mobilization as Counterpower 10. Rethinking Academic Palestine Advocacy and Activism: Academic Freedom, Human Rights, and the Universality of the Emancipatory Struggle 11. Against Academic Freedom: “Terrorism,” Settler Colonialism, and Palestinian Liberation 12 Privilege, Platforms, and Power: Uses and Abuses of Academic Freedom
£19.79
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Academic Freedom
Book SynopsisIdentifying academic freedom as a major casualty of rapid and extensive reforms to the governance and practices of academic institutions worldwide, this timely Handbook considers the meaning of academic freedom, the threats it faces, and its relation to rights of critical expression, public accountability and the democratic health of open societies.An international cohort of leading scholars discuss the historical conceptualisations of academic freedom and explore the extent of its reconfiguration by neoliberalism and economic globalisation. Chapters examine the threats posed to academic freedom by interventionist government, economic fundamentalism, political conservatism and extremism. The Handbook finds that these threats endanger the intellectual ambitions at the core of academic freedom: contesting established ‘truth’ and holding power to account.Examining a matter of urgent social and political importance which is crucial to the future of democracy and intellectual autonomy, this Handbook is an invigorating read for students and scholars researching academic freedom, free speech and democratic governance in higher education institutions.Trade Review‘The Handbook on Academic Freedom paints an extremely disturbing picture of how, globally, academics’ ability to act as critical public intellectuals has been radically undermined by universities’ shift from a collegial to a managerial mode of governance. However, this is not simply a critique of the myriad ways in which academics’ “performance” is now constantly audited and monitored in a way that limits their freedom to perform their proper function, but also a much-needed call to arms.’ -- Julian Petley, Brunel University London, UK‘For three decades academic faculty have struggled within a neo liberal performance economy to maintain control over their work and ground it socially amid corporate universities focused on their own status as an end in itself. Now the spread of authoritarian states, the turn to more conflictual geopolitics and the new securitisation of science and technology pose more treacherous challenges. Much depends on whether academic freedom in its different variations across the world can ride out the storm. The book is an indispensable guide to this fundamental and vital issue.’ -- Simon Marginson, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Academic Freedom 1 Richard Watermeyer PART I HISTORIES AND CONCEPTUALISATIONS 1 Academic freedom in the modern British university: a historical perspective 18 Mike Finn 2 Publicness and intellectual work: rethinking academic freedom in the age of impact 37 Mark Murphy 3 Academic freedom as radical freedom 52 Christian Krijnen 4 A symbiotic relationship between academic freedom and liberal democracy: the case of higher education in Turkey 70 Ayla Göl PART II NEOLIBERALISM/MANAGERIALISM 5 Knowledge, meaning and work: threats to academic freedom in the world of research 90 Eva Aladro Vico 6 Institutional autonomy, managerialism and the conditions for academic freedom in Swedish higher education 105 Goran Puaca 7 Academic freedom, institutional autonomy and democracy: the incursions of neoliberalism 125 Mark Olssen 8 Reframing the freedom to teach 146 Bruce Macfarlane PART III CHALLENGING UNEQUAL STRUCTURES 9 A nation reimagined: the suppression of academic freedom in Turkey 160 Tahir Abbas and Anja Zalta 10 Whiteness masquerading as academic freedom 177 Georgina Tuari Stewart 11 Eurocentrism, racism and academic freedom in South Africa 190 Savo Heleta PART IV PERSONAL/POLITICAL REFLECTIONS 12 Toxic times for feminist academic freedom? 206 Carol A. Taylor, Susanne Gannon, Kathryn Scantlebury and Jayne Osgood 13 Academic freedom as experience, relation and capability: a view from Hong Kong 225 Liz Jackson 14 Academic freedom begins at home 242 Nesta Devine PART V STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC FREEDOM 15 Student freedom in contemporary universities: England and Italy compared 252 Lorenzo Cini 16 Academic freedom, students and the decolonial turn in South Africa 269 Anye-Nkwenti Nyamnjoh and Thierry M. Luescher 17 Freedom, fragmentation and student politics: tracing the effects of consumerism in English students’ unions 288 Rille Raaper PART VI NEW CONFIGURATIONS 18 The end of academic freedom: two displacements and new ends for it 305 Ronald Barnett 19 Academic freedom and the Israeli‒Palestinian conflict 319 Cary Nelson 20 Academic freedom and extramural expression in the US 336 Henry Reichman PART VII A CALL TO ARMS 21 Campaigning for academic freedom 356 Dennis Hayes Index
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Reaktion Books The Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries of Struggle over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God
For more than four hundred years, the Catholic Church’s Index Librorum Prohibitorum struck terror into the hearts of authors, publishers and booksellers around the world, while arousing ridicule and contempt from many others, especially those in Protestant and non-Christian circles. Biased, inconsistent and frequently absurd in its attempt to ban objectionable texts of every conceivable description – with sometimes fatal consequences – the Index also reflected the deep learning and careful consideration of many hundreds of intellectual contributors over the long span of its storied evolution. This book constitutes the first full study of the Index of Prohibited Books to be published in English. It examines the reasons behind the Church’s attempts to censor religious, scientific and artistic works, and considers not only why this most sustained of campaigns failed, but what lessons can be learned for today’s debates over freedom of expression and cancel culture.
£21.25
Liverpool University Press Literary Censorship in Francisco Franco's Spain
Book SynopsisThis book presents two systems of censorship and literary promotion, revealing how literature can be molded to support authoritarian regimes. The issue is complex in that at a descriptive level the strategies and methods "new states" use to control communication through the written word can be judged by how and when formal decrees were issued, and how publishing media, whether in the form of publishing companies or at the individual level, engaged with political overseers. But equally, literature was a means of resistance against an authoritarian regime, not only for writers but for readers as well. From the point of view of historical memory and intellectual history, stories of "people without history" and the production of their texts through the literary "underground" can be constructed from subsequent testimony: from books sold in secret, to the writings of women in jail, to books that were written but never published or distributed in any way, and to myriad compelling circumstances resulting from living under fascist authority. A parallel study on two fascist movements provides a unique viewpoint at literary, social and political levels. Comparative analysis of literary censorship/literary reward allows an understanding of the balance between dictatorship, official policy, and what literary acts were deemed acceptable. The regime need to control its population is revealed in the ways that a particular type of literature was encouraged; in the engagement of propoganda promotion; and in the setting up of institutions to gain international acceptance of the regime. The work is an important contribution to the history of twentieth-century authoritarianism and the development fascist ideas.
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Lexington Books Speech Freedom on Campus: Past, Present, and
Book SynopsisTraditionally, the university or college is thought to be the ultimate location for the discovery and sharing of knowledge. After all, on these campuses are some of the great minds across all fields, as well as students who are not only eager to learn, but who often contribute to our shared wisdom. For those ideals to be achieved, however, ideas require access to some kind of virtual marketplace from which people can sample and consider them, discuss and debate them. Restricting the expression of those ideas for whatever reason is the enemy of not only this process, but also of knowledge discovery. Speech freedom on our college and university campuses, like everywhere else, is fragile. There are those who wish to suppress it, more often than not when the words express ideas, opinions, and even facts that conflict with their beliefs. Why does an effort so completely at odds with the foundational values of this country happen? This topic explored in Speech Freedom on Campus: Past, Present and Future is multi-layered, and its analysis is best accomplished through multiple perspectives. Joseph Russomanno’s edited collection does precisely that, utilizing 10 different scholars to examine various aspects and issues related to speech freedom on campus.Table of ContentsForewordErwin ChemerinskyIntroductionJoseph RussomannoChapter 1: Free Speech on Campus: A Challenge of Our TimesGeoffrey R. StoneChapter 2: The Holmesian Experiment and the Democratization of Truth in the AcademyRonald K.L. CollinsChapter 3: Teaching and Preaching Free SpeechRodney A. SmollaChapter 4: Conservatism and Free Speech in Higher EducationJoe DrydenChapter 5: Doing the Work: Defending Campus Speech Rights in the Culture WarWill CreeleyChapter 6: A Confluence on CampusJoseph RussomannoChapter 7: Beyond Free Speech Rhetoric: Framing Campus Free Speech ConflictsChristina E. WellsChapter 8: The Awful Ruling of Garcetti v. Ceballos and Its Application at the University LevelDavid L. Hudson, Jr.Chapter 9: Free Speech Values in the ClassroomErica GoldbergChapter 10: Managing the Peculiar Marketplace in the Face of ExtremismBrett G. Johnson and Jeremiah P. FuzyBibliography
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Lexington Books Speech Freedom on Campus: Past, Present, and
Book SynopsisTraditionally, the university or college is thought to be the ultimate location for the discovery and sharing of knowledge. After all, on these campuses are some of the great minds across all fields, as well as students who are not only eager to learn, but who often contribute to our shared wisdom. For those ideals to be achieved, however, ideas require access to some kind of virtual marketplace from which people can sample and consider them, discuss and debate them. Restricting the expression of those ideas for whatever reason is the enemy of not only this process, but also of knowledge discovery. Speech freedom on our college and university campuses, like everywhere else, is fragile. There are those who wish to suppress it, more often than not when the words express ideas, opinions, and even facts that conflict with their beliefs. Why is this effort, so completely at odds with the foundational values of this country, made? This topic explored in Speech Freedom on Campus: Past, Present and Future is multi-layered, and its analysis is best accomplished through multiple perspectives. Joseph Russomanno’s edited collection does precisely that, utilizing 10 different scholars to examine various aspects and issues related to speech freedom on campus.Trade Review“Few topics are as fraught with controversy as that relating to free speech on campus. Who students may see and hear on campus, and what they may themselves say there in exchanges with others, directly impacts their education. It not only affects what they learn but who they become. Speech Freedom on Campus: Past, Present, and Future addresses those issues with verve and wisdom. It is easy to read even as it addresses a topic well worthy of the serious analysis that a book written by such an extraordinary selection of distinguished and knowledgeable experts offers.” -- Floyd Abrams, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP“Free speech on campus has stirred no shortage of debate, and this essential anthology demonstrates why. Tackling a range of topics from classrooms to the quad, essays in this anthology provide keen insights into the tensions surrounding invited speakers, campus protests, and academic freedom, all while providing necessary background for novices and experts alike.” -- Jonathan Friedman, Program Director of Campus Free Speech, PEN America“Why is freedom of speech so controversial in US colleges and universities—now more than ever Speech Freedom on Campus examines this and related issues critically through a remarkable group of experts, some of whom are among the Who’s Who in First Amendment lawThis volume is a valuable contribution to our ongoing debate on speech rights in academe within a polarized American society.” -- Kyu Ho Youm, Professor and Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair, University of OregonTable of ContentsForewordErwin ChemerinskyIntroductionJoseph RussomannoChapter 1: Free Speech on Campus: A Challenge of Our TimesGeoffrey R. StoneChapter 2: The Holmesian Experiment and the Democratization of Truth in the AcademyRonald K.L. CollinsChapter 3: Teaching and Preaching Free SpeechRodney A. SmollaChapter 4: Conservatism and Free Speech in Higher EducationJoe DrydenChapter 5: Doing the Work: Defending Campus Speech Rights in the Culture WarWill CreeleyChapter 6: A Confluence on CampusJoseph RussomannoChapter 7: Beyond Free Speech Rhetoric: Framing Campus Free Speech ConflictsChristina E. WellsChapter 8: The Awful Ruling of Garcetti v. Ceballos and Its Application at the University LevelDavid L. Hudson, Jr.Chapter 9: Free Speech Values in the ClassroomErica GoldbergChapter 10: Managing the Peculiar Marketplace in the Face of ExtremismBrett G. Johnson and Jeremiah P. FuzyBibliography
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Emerald Publishing Limited Media, Development and Democracy
Book SynopsisSponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), this book explores the complex construction of democratic public dialogue in developing countries. Case studies examine national environments defined not only by state censorship and commercial pressure, but also language differences, international influence, social divisions, and distinct value systems. With fresh portraits of new and traditional media throughout Africa, Latin America and Asia, authors delve into the essential role of the media in developing countries. Case studies illuminate the relationship between the State and the media in Russia, as well as the challenges faced by journalists working in Kurdistan. Further cases reveal bureaucratic censorship of books in Brazil, regulatory dilemmas in Australia, state policies in post-colonial Malawi, and the potential of oral culture for the strengthening of democratic conversation. Media, Development and Democracy brings the liberal democratic media model into new terrains where some of its core assumptions do not hold. In doing so, the authors' collective voices illuminate pressing issues facing our current global dialogue and our liberal and democratic expectations concerning communications and the media. This essential volume works as a magnifying glass for our current times, forcing us to question what kind of media we want todayTable of ContentsIntroduction: Overlapping communicative meshes: plural perspectives on media and development; Heloisa Pait Chapter 1. Foreign Authors, National Bans: Books and Censorship in Brazil (1964-1985); Sandra Reimão Chapter 2. Manufacturing the Liberal Media Model through Developmentality in Malawi; Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris Chapter 3. Toward a Framework for Studying Democratic Media Development and 'Media Capture': The Iraqi Kurdistan Case; Jeannine E. Relly, Margaret Zanger, and Paola Banchero Chapter 4. Regulating Unhealthy Food Advertising to Children under Neoliberalism: An Australian Perspective; Nipa Saha Chapter 5. How Russian Media Helped Develop the Authoritarian Tradition: Its Historical Legacy for Today; Dmitry Strovsky and Ron Schleifer Chapter 6. How to Capture the Political in Everyday Conversation? Focus Groups as a Method to Research Democratic Practices in Daily Life; ngela Cristina Salgueiro Marques and Luís Mauro Sá Martino
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Emerald Publishing Limited Media and Law: Between Free Speech and Censorship
Book SynopsisIn Media and Law: Between Free Speech and Censorship, Mathieu Deflem and Derek M.D Silva have gathered an interdisciplinary team of leading experts to make a valuable contribution to the existing literature. This volume explores free speech and the control thereof from both a political as well as cultural lens. These topics have once again moved center stage in scholarly as well as popular discussions on what must, should, and should not be said in the public sphere of ideas, opinions, and tastes. In a world of alternative facts, fake news, gender politics, company self-censorship, edited art, hate speech, and career-ending tweets, the chapters in this volume make a timely contribution.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Mathieu Deflem and Derek M.D. Silva PART I. SPACES AND INSTITUTIONS OF FREE SPEECH Chapter 1. Fighting Censorship: A Shift from Freedom to Diversity; Anthony Löwstedt Chapter 2, Free Speech and Social Media in Academia; Kimberly W. O’Connor and Gordon B. Schmidt Chapter 3. Stories about Risk: Media Narratives of Known, Emerging and Novel Health Threats; Gabriela Capurro and Josh Greenberg PART II. THE INTERNET AS PUBLIC SPHERE Chapter 4. Censoring Sex: Payment Platforms’ Regulation of Sexual Expression; Natasha Tusikov Chapter 5. Gafam and Hate Content Moderation: Deplatforming and Deleting the Alt-right; Tanner Mirrlees Chapter 6. Public Accusation on the Internet; Sarah Lageson and Kateryna Kaplun PART III. REGULATING SPEECH ACROSS NATIONS Chapter 7. Freedom of Expression and Humour in Canada: The Case of Jérémy Gabriel vs Mike Ward; Anne-Marie Gingras Chapter 8. Hate Speech, Media, and Canadian Federal Law; Allyson M. Lunny Chapter 9. Media Law, Illiberal Democracy and the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of Hungary; Lucia Bellucci Chapter 10. Stirring up Strife: The Censorship of Communist Publications in Late Colonial India; Devika Sethi
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Footnote Press Ltd The New Censorship
Book SynopsisIn recent years, journalists have been dismissed by some or targeted for abuse, mainstream news has been consumed by 'infotainment' and clickbait, driven by profits, accused of being too cosy with political and economic elites. But at times of democratic decay all over the world, with relentless attempts to undermine truth and facts, and unprecedented technological tools to spread disinformation and incite violence - brave journalism is needed more than ever.The New Censorship focuses on the unfortunate and unexpected mechanisms through which today's media has inadvertently amplified the anti-democratic movement that looms over our societies. It is the story of the birth of what Panievsky calls 'the strategic bias': the bias that occurs when those in charge of mediating reality surrender to a populist campaign fed by partisan media and online battles. Unlike other distortions, this bias is strategic, as it is not driven by pure fear; it results from journalists' belief that in order to cater for 'the people' and serve democracy - they have to pay dues to the populist camp, exclude what is labelled 'unpatriotic' voices, avoid expressions that might confirm the claim they are all 'treacherous lefties' and thus, to slowly shift our entire communication universe to the right. By weaponising liberal norms against liberal democracy, the populist right has found a way to exercise a more effective and socially acceptable type of silencing and manipulation, boosted by propaganda operations disguised as news. Instead of banning stories, they spread flows of disinformation, which take hours and days to debunk. Instead of silencing, they shout louder. Instead of blue-pencilling, they employ fake users, bots, and outrageous smear campaigns to dominate the conversation. Heavy-handed censorship is unnecessary when one can manipulate people to censor themselves, or simply stop listening.Based on cutting-edge empirical research, personal experience in newsrooms and parliament corridors, and a decade of living under populism in power in Israel, the author will not only explain how we got here but also lay out what we all could (and should) do to restart the conversation and protect our right to know.
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Berghahn Books PC Worlds
Book SynopsisThis provocative work offers an anthropological analysis of the phenomenon of political correctness, both as a general phenomenon of communication, in which associations in space and time take precedence over the content of what is communicated, and at specific critical historical conjunctures at which new elites attempt to redefine social reality. Focusing on the crises over the last thirty years of immigration and multiculturalist politics in Sweden, the book examines cases, some in which the author was himself involved, but also comparative material from other countries.
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Intellect Books Performing Spanishness: History, Cultural
Book SynopsisJosé María Rodríguez Méndez is a noted playwright, an acerbic cultural critic, and a political dissident under Franco. In Performing Spanishness, the first English-language examination of Méndez’s life and work, Michael Thompson sets the playwright’s lifelong struggle against censorship in the context of Spain’s shifting national identity. Méndez’s work presents 'Spanishness' not as a static trait, but as an ongoing performance; Performing Spanishness is an indispensable resource to those interested in theater, Spain, and the relationship between art and activism.Trade Review"Thompson is able to reveal the more nuanced thinking of a subject whose work squarely addresses questions of where Spanish identity lies, taking against the perceived indiscriminate internationalism of the avantgarde to excavate Spanishness, whilst at the same time attempting to seize it from hegemonic and homogenizing discourses." - Helena Buffery, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies "Performing Spanishness can be considered a valuable contribution to twentieth-century Spanish theatre studies and a resource for those interested in debates on social and cultural history and Spanish national identities." - Catherine O'Leary, Contemporary Theatre ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction - Page 9 - Michael Thompson 1. 'Dramatizing Spanishness' - Page 17 - Michael Thompson 2. 'Rodriguez Mendez's essays: realism, machismo espanol, inteligencia espanola and historical theatre' - Page 43 - Michael Thompson 3. 'History from below (1): enclosed spaces' - Page 71 - Michael Thompson 4. 'History from below (2): open spaces' - Page 103 - Michael Thompson 5. 'Leading roles in history' - Page 153 - Michael Thompson 6. 'Fading echoes of the past in contemporary Spain' - Page 193 - Michael Thompson
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Liverpool University Press Literary Censorship in Francisco Franco's Spain
Book SynopsisThis book presents two systems of censorship and literary promotion, revealing how literature can be molded to support authoritarian regimes. The issue is complex in that at a descriptive level the strategies and methods new states use to control communication through the written word can be judged by how and when formal decrees were issued, and how publishing media, whether in the form of publishing companies or at the individual level, engaged with political overseers. But equally, literature was a means of resistance against an authoritarian regime, not only for writers but for readers as well. From the point of view of historical memory and intellectual history, stories of people without history and the production of their texts through the literary underground can be constructed from subsequent testimony: from books sold in secret, to the writings of women in jail, to books that were written but never published or distributed in any way, and to myriad compelling circumstances resulting from living under fascist authority. A parallel study on two fascist movements provides a unique viewpoint at literary, social and political levels. Comparative analysis of literary censorship/literary reward allows an understanding of the balance between dictatorship, official policy, and what literary acts were deemed acceptable. The regime need to control its population is revealed in the ways that a particular type of literature was encouraged; in the engagement of propoganda promotion; and in the setting up of institutions to gain international acceptance of the regime. The work is an important contribution to the history of twentieth-century authoritarianism and the development fascist ideas.
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Imprint Academic There is No Such Thing As a Free Press...: And we
Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to a launch a polemic for the freedom of the press against all of the attempts to police, defile and sanitise journalism today. Once the media reported the news. Now it makes it. The phone-hacking scandal and the Leveson Inquiry into the "culture, practice and ethics" of the media has put the UK press under scrutiny and on trial as never before. There Is No Such Thing as a Free Press questions many of today''s distorted but widely-held views of the media, and turns the assumptions underlying the current discussion on their head. The problem is not that the UK press has too much freedom to run wild, but too little liberty. The trouble is not that the UK press is too far out-of-control, but that it is far too conformist. The danger is not that press freedom is too open to abuse, but that the British media is not nearly open enough. Mick Hume draws on the lessons of history and cross-examines the evidence from the Leveson Inquiry to take on the army of conformists and regulators who would further tame press freedom.
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Cambridge Media Group Censorship & Free Speech: PSHE & RSE Resources
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University of Exeter Press The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume
Book SynopsisThis is the first volume in a new paperback edition of Steve Nicholson's well-reviewed four-volume analysis of British theatre censorship from 1900-1968, based on previously undocumented material in the Lord Chamberlain's Correspondence archives. It charts the period before 1932, when theatre was seen as a crucial medium with the power to shape society, determining what people believed and how they behaved. It uncovers the differing views and the disputes which occurred among and between the Lord Chamberlain and his Readers and Advisers, and discusses the extensive pressures exerted on him by bodies such as the Public Morality Council, the Church, the monarch, government departments, foreign embassies, newspapers, powerful individuals and those claiming to represent national or international opinion. The book explores the portrayal of a broad range of topics in relation to censorship, including the First World War, race and inter-racial relationships, contemporary and historical international conflicts, horror, sexual freedom and morality, class, the monarchy, and religion. This new edition includes a contextualising timeline for those readers who are unfamiliar with the period, and a new preface. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47788/LXOK1281Trade ReviewNicholson is very readable. He tells a good story, both chronologically and in the many accounts of particular wrangles, campaigns, negotiations, subtleties, paradoxes and outrages. . . . He uses correspondence to give palpable life to human agencies within institutional structures. * Theatre Research International *. . should be welcomed as a long overdue account of the role and function of British theatre censorship during the twentieth century. * Modern Drama *Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Because Lions Ain't Rabbits Section One: 1900-1918 1. From Ibsenity to Obscenity: Principles and Practice 1900-1909 2. People Who Eat Peas With Their Knife: The Government Enquiry of 1909 3. Cats, Canaries and Guinea Pigs: Principles and Practice 1909-1913 4. A Clique of Erotic Women: The First World War (Part One) 5. The Hidden Hand: The First World War (Part Two) Section Two: 1919-1932 6. The Dead Men: Principles and Practice 7. No Screams from Rabbit: Horror and Religion 8. Merchandisers in Muck: The Immoral Maze 9. Our Good Humoured Community: Domestic Politics 10. Foreign Bodies: International Politics Conclusion: A Gentler Process of Prevention Notes Select Bibliography Index
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University of Exeter Press The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume
Book SynopsisThis is the second volume in a new paperback edition of Steve Nicholson’s well-reviewed four-volume analysis of British theatre censorship from 1900-1968, based on previously undocumented material in the Lord Chamberlain's Correspondence Archives in the British Library and the Royal Archives at Windsor. It covers the period from 1933 to 1952, and focuses on theatre censorship during the period before the outbreak of the Second World War, during the war itself, and in the immediate post-war period. The focus is primarily on political and moral censorship. The book documents and analyses the control exercised by the Lord Chamberlain. It also reviews the pressures exerted on him and on the theatre by the government, the monarch, the Church, foreign embassies and by influential public figures and organisations. This new edition includes a contextualising timeline for those readers who are unfamiliar with the period, and a new preface. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47788/SGLU9228Trade ReviewNicholson’s volumes are unique in their objective and especially their richness of research material. As such, his Censorship of British Drama represents an unsurpassed source of reference for theatre historians. * Studies in Theatre and Performance *. . . should be welcomed as a long overdue account of the role and function of British theatre censorship during the twentieth century. * Modern Drama *Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: 'The Most Dispensable of All the Fetters' Section One: 1933-1939 1 'Verboten': The Nazis Onstage 2 'Prudes on the Prowl': The Moral Gaze 3 'The Author Will Probably Deny It...': Naming the Homosexual 4 'These Communist Effusions': Testing Tolerance in Politics and Religion Section Two: 1939-1945 5 'Everybody Bombs Babies Now': Politics in Wartime 6 'Lubricating the War Machine': The Nude in Wartime 7 'Beastly Practices': Sexual Taboos in Wartime Section Three: 1945-1952 8 'Two Ways To Get Rid Of The Censor' 9 'This Infernal Business of Sex' 10 'But Perverts Must Go Somewhere in the Evening' 11 'The Crazy but Satisfactory Ethics of the English' Afterword: 'Congenial Work' Notes on Archive Referencing and Authors' Names Notes Select Bibliography Index
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Gonzo Multimedia The Real Porn Wars
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The Westbourne Press Dangerous Ideas: A Brief History of Censorship in
Book SynopsisThe urge to censor is as old as the urge to speak. From the first Chinese emperor's wholesale elimination of books to the Vatican's suppression of pornography from its own collection, and on to the attack on Charlie Hebdo and the advent of Internet troll armies, words, images and ideas have always been hunted down by those trying to suppress them. In this compelling account, Eric Berkowitz reveals why and how humanity has, from the beginning, sought to silence itself. Ranging from the absurd - such as Henry VIII's decree of death for anyone who 'imagined' his demise - to claims by American slave owners that abolitionist literature should be supressed because it hurt their feelings, Berkowitz takes the reader on an unruly ride through history, highlighting the use of censorship to reinforce class, race and gender privilege and guard against offence. Elucidating phrases like 'fake news' and 'hate speech', Dangerous Ideas exposes the dangers of erasing history, how censorship has shaped our modern society and what forms it is taking today - and to what disturbing effects.Trade ReviewDangerous Ideas] always manages to surprise, especially with a lively flow of villains … [Berkowitz] is singularly focused on those heroes and heroines who refused to submit to the dictates and biases of their time. The fact that their works are still with us today hammers home the central thesis of Dangerous Ideas: censorship is ultimately futile and cannot permanently extinguish the thirst for freedom of expression. Berkowitz has assembled a stirring cast to demonstrate this.’Ariel Dorfman, NYRB; 'Free speech good! Censorship bad! Undeniable. Indisputable. Except that Eric Berkowitz denies and disputes with such intellectual agility as to induce cramping of the brain. Vivid, violent historical examples buttressing the case against censorship, while we citizens of the internet find ourselves drowning in crud for want of it. The point is you'll enjoy the ride, and the argument has never been more pressing.' Ted Koppel
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Scribe Publications The Trials of Portnoy: how Penguin brought down
Book SynopsisFifty years after the event, here is the first full account of an audacious publishing decision that — with the help of booksellers and readers around the country — forced the end of literary censorship in Australia. For more than seventy years, a succession of politicians, judges, and government officials in Australia worked in the shadows to enforce one of the most pervasive and conservative regimes of censorship in the world. The goal was simple: to keep Australia free of the moral contamination of impure literature. Under the censorship regime, books that might damage the morals of the Australian public were banned, seized, and burned; bookstores were raided; publishers were fined; and writers were charged and even jailed. But in the 1970s, that all changed. In 1970, in great secrecy and at considerable risk, Penguin Books Australia resolved to publish Portnoy’s Complaint — Philip Roth’s frank, funny, and profane bestseller about a boy hung up about his mother and his penis. In doing so, Penguin spurred a direct confrontation with the censorship authorities, which culminated in criminal charges, police raids, and an unprecedented series of court trials across the country. Sweeping from the cabinet room to the courtroom, The Trials of Portnoy draws on archival records and new interviews to show how Penguin and a band of writers, booksellers, academics, and lawyers determinedly sought for Australians the freedom to read what they wished — and how, in defeating the forces arrayed before them, they reshaped Australian literature and culture forever.Trade Review‘Anyone interested in Australian history, politics and books generally will find much food for thought in this entertaining, well-researched and carefully written history.’ -- Julia Taylor * Books+Publishing *‘The finely detailed story of the legal fight in Australia against the censorship of Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint.’ -- Sean O’Beirne * The Monthly *‘Mullins’s compelling account of these last days of the old censorship regime skilfully draws on a rich range of sources, including interviews with many of the key figures involved. He gives an insight not just into how the system operated and the politics involved, but also into a significant cultural moment in Australia.’ -- Amanda Laugesen * Inside Story *‘Mullins has applied his skills in thorough research, forensic examination of evidence and a light wit to the numerous trials in different States which, in 1970-71, determined whether sales of Portnoy’s Complaint should be permitted in Australia.’ -- Mark Thomas * The Canberra Times *‘[A] literary detective story with a difference.’ -- Craig Munro * The Australian *‘The Trials of Portnoy, tells the true story of how Portnoy’s Complaint was declared illegal throughout the Commonwealth, and how, eventually, it became a book we were allowed to own and read … The real treat of The Trials of Portnoy though, is to see how many people were willing to stand up in court and make the always difficult argument for literature.’ -- Sean O’Beirne * The Monthly *‘The Trials of Portnoy is full of the juice and drama and hilarity of the courtroom … Patrick Mullins has written an utterly diverting account of a bit of ancient Australian literary history … superb.’ -- Peter Craven * The Saturday Paper *‘Patrick Mullins’ latest effort provides the most detailed account yet of this embarrassing moment in our inglorious history.’ -- Chris Dite * Readings *‘[A] wonderful account of how a group of brave publishers, booksellers and academics brought down Australia’s ridiculous censorship regime.’ -- Barry Reynolds * Herald Sun *‘Mullins draws on his skills as an academic and writer to give an extraordinary rundown on these trials … [The Trials of Portnoy] could well become the ultimate academic guide to the changes to censorship in Australia.’ -- Fiona Myers * The Weekly Times *‘An illuminating tale about book censorship in Australia … Publishers and bookstores are the heroes in this … entertaining account of a ‘hard-won’ battle.’ * Kirkus Reviews *‘Patrick Mullins gives us a useful litany of the blow by blow progress of those cases that came to court.’ -- Sue Rabbitt Roff * Pearls and Irritations *Praise for Tiberius with a Telephone ‘This is, as others have remarked, biography at its best: diligently researched, with detail nowhere else examined, and a demonstration of fine judgement concerning the crucial interplay between personal disposition, role demands, and historical context.’ -- James Walter * Australian Book Review *Praise for Tiberius with a Telephone ‘A welcome addition to prime ministerial biography … An engaging and informative read.’ -- Troy Bramston * The Australian *Praise for Tiberius with a Telephone ‘This is the most detailed investigation and explanation of what happened … Completing a biography of this scope is an enormous undertaking, and Patrick Mullins does it with considerable skill … Mullins conveys the turmoil, the atmosphere of crisis, the bickering and the bloodletting that marked this extraordinary period of Australian political history.’ -- David Solomon * Inside Story *‘With The Trials of Portnoy, Mullins has further established himself as a first-rate historical storyteller and considerably strengthened our understanding of the history of censorship in Australia.’ -- Nathan Hollier * Australian Historical Studies *
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Watkins Media Limited Twelve Cries From Home: In Search of Sri Lanka's
Book SynopsisSince August 2020, the intimidation of witnesses and journalists has surged in Sri Lanka. Twelve Cries from Home navigates the memories and stories of twelve war survivors, mostly women and relatives of the disappeared, who wished to have their stories retold so that a permanent record might be made, and so that those outside the country might understand their experiences. The outcome of a journey across the island in late 2018 by writer and Professor of Literature Minoli Salgado, who was revisiting her ancestral home, Twelve Cries from Home is deeply-layered and localised work of travelling witness. It returns to the concept of home as a place of belonging and security, which is a lost ideal for most, and uses a Sri Lankan measure of distance – the call, or hoowa – to ask how we might attend to stories that are difficult to tell and to hear. Exploring the bitter complexity of war by presenting stories from four regions of Sri Lanka, it reveals the complex network of relationships between the agents of conflict and their victims, as well as the blurred boundary between victims and perpetrators, the role of informers and the process of ethical repair after traumatic experience. Twelve Cries from Home offers a rare glimpse into a country subject to enforced self-censorship, allowing us to take stock of social and political developments in Sri Lanka and what has and has not been achieved in light of the transitional justice mechanisms promised to the UN.Trade Review"This collection of true stories is the vital afterwork of any war. Here, Salgado collects and records testimony from those caught up. We gasp at what is being shared. It must be shared, read, heard, collected, disseminated. This is prize-winning work.”"A deeply sensitive and sensitizing book that offers a sophisticated understanding of real pain. Twelve Cries From Home is driven by a humanity that provides moral anchor in a terrain where the darkest instincts reign free.""A valuable document of testimony gathered during a brief time of greater openness in a country still shattered by war and cruelty.""A masterpiece."
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Cato Institute,U.S. Free Speech and Liberal Education: A Plea for
Book SynopsisThe status of free speech and academic freedom in the nation''s colleges and universities has become an explosive issue. Reports of disruptions and dis-invitations of speakers and a host of new speech-inhibiting policies instituted by campus bureaucracies are now commonplace. Critics claim that these actions and measures have smothered the open and honest discourse inside and outside of the classroom that is so necessary for a meaningful and vibrant education to take place. Others consider the fears of crisis overblown, discerning the harms as less extensive in the vast domain of higher education than critics acknowledge. Drawing on his extensive research, teaching, and practical experience as a free speech and academic freedom leader at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and nation-wide, Donald A. Downs portrays the university as an intellectual polis in which free and honest academic discourse should pervade the campus. His unique approach addresses the experiential, empirical, strategic, and philosophical dimensions at stake. Free Speech and Liberal Education: A Plea for Intellectual Diversity and Tolerance dissects the nature, extent, and causes of the speech suppression that exists, emphasizing the need for intellectual diversity and how repression often co-exists with counter-forces that need to be energized and mobilized in what Downs portrays as the embattled status of academic free speech; the character of the harms the new policies and actions pose to liberal education; broader structural and societal threats to academic freedom; how to mobilize to protect campus freedom using resources inside and outside of the campus; and, most importantly, why robust free speech and academic freedom are so important to both liberal education and the prospects of liberal democracy.
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Clarity Press Journalists and Their Shadows
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All Seasons Press Levi's Unbuttoned: The Woke Mob Took My Job But
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Classiques Garnier L'Encadrement Des Publications Erotiques En
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Classiques Garnier Images Defendues: La Liberte d'Expression Face a
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Classiques Garnier La Censure Theatrale 18351849
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Brill Schoningh Personen Und Profile 1542-1700: Band 1: A-K /
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Brill Schoningh Systematisches Repertorium Zur Buchzensur
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Peter Lang AG Messengers of the Free Word: Paris – Prague –
Book SynopsisThe book presents an important and well known but so far not described episode in the history of banned books in the communist Poland – the activity of the so-called Tatra climbers. They were students and scholars from Warsaw, who initiated a risky cooperation with the centre of Polish political emigration in Paris – Kultura monthly. Inspired by the Prague Spring they tried to develop cooperation between the students from Eastern Bloc countries, smuggled books through the Polish-Slovak border, and gathered texts critical about communist rulers. After a few months, their activity was stopped by the Polish political police. The monograph shows the circumstances and motivations behind this dangerous activity of young people, traces the police investigation against them, and describes the mock trial in 1970.Table of Contentspolitical opposition against communism – People’s Poland – student movement – Prague Spring – persecutions –journalism – March 1968 in Poland
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V&R unipress GmbH Censorship and Exile
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V&R unipress GmbH Erich Maria Remarque Jahrbuch / Yearbook.
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Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thai Cinema Uncensored
Book SynopsisIn this first full-length study on the topic, Matthew Hunt—with access to rare and controversial films—provides a history of film censorship in Thailand. Hunt outlines its beginnings in the country, when films were censored by the police for political and ideological reasons, rather than on the basis of taste and decency, to the present when issues such as politics, religion, and sex are the main reasons films are banned. He also examines how Thai filmmakers approach culturally sensitive subjects and how their films have been censored as a result. Hunt presents interviews with ten leading directors, including conversations with Thai New Wave veterans Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Pen-ek Ratanaruang. In these interviews, the directors discuss their most controversial films, which range from mainstream studio movies to independent arthouse releases, and explain their responses to censorship.Trade Review"Thais and Thailand watchers will recognise the bigger story, an all-too-common narrative arc streaked with moments of fear, absurdity and humour, in Hunt’s lingering closeups on the mangled, hidden wreckage of film censorship." * ArtReview *"Thai Cinema Uncensored...is a work of resistance against the censors. It describes in detail the struggle of filmmakers to work around inconsistent censorship rules. Matthew Hunt writes with a sense of urgency to legitimize these films and work towards a future where Thai filmmakers make the films they want without having to worry if people will be able to watch them. Readers will come away with a deeper understanding of Thai films and the history that has shaped them." * International Examiner *
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Debate La casa del ahorcado Cómo el tabú asfixia la
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Double 9 Booksllp The Dog Crusoe and his Master
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Roli Books Pvt Ltd Banned & Censored: What the British Raj Didn't
Book SynopsisThe book dives into the history of sedition and censorship in colonial India. Closely examining 100 texts that the British Empire banned, censored or deemed seditious, the work brings to life these lost gems from India’s freedom, cultural, and social movements. It includes writing by figures famous and obscure, of events immortalised and forgotten, by Indians and non-Indians, by people jailed and free, by politicians and missionaries, by travellers and novelists, and in several Indian as well as European languages. Each excerpt illuminates not just its author’s thought processes, but the times in which it was composed and circulated.
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