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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2019 PROSE Award in Education (Practice and Theory), Association of American Publishers"
"Involve[s] readers in the pleasures of confronting a difficult problem, treating the dangerous views of determined adversaries with an open mind and proceeding with greater confidence as a result. This summer,
Speak Freely will be distributed to every Princeton freshman for consideration and discussion. That’s a start."
---Jonathan Marks, Wall Street Journal"A fresh foray into the campus culture wars."
---Robert Simpson, Times Literary Supplement"A timely defense of intellectual debate and critical thinking. . . . In the current divisive political climate, Whittington shows why safeguarding the civil exchange of diverse ideas is an urgent need." * Kirkus *
"[A] sophisticated and coolheaded defense of free speech."
---Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics"[Keith Whittington’s] book provides a cogent and compelling analysis of the ‘troubling currents swirling through college campuses'. . . .
Speak Freely supplies clarity and good sense to a subject that has been receiving a lot more heat than light. . . . Mr. Whittington adds a timely plea to every American, inside and outside of the academy, to give more attention and support to the foundational principles of teaching and research."
---Glenn C. Altschuler, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"Keith E. Whittington has written the best of the recent books on free speech and higher education."
---James Stoner, Law and Liberty"This is an important and robust book." * Paradigm Explorer *
