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001			2017054213
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005			20190524125241.0
008			171109s2018 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017054213
020			_a9780190859121 (hardback)
020			_a9780190859138 (updf)
020			_a9780190859145 (epub)
042			_apcc
043			_an-us---
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
050	0	0	_aKF9345 _b.S77 2018
082	0	0	_a342.7308/53 _223
084			_aLAW018000 _aLAW109000 _aLAW094000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aStrossen, Nadine,
245	1	0	_aHate : _bwhy we should resist it with free speech, not censorship / _cNadine Strossen.
263			_a1805
264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2018.
300			_apages cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aInalienable rights
520			_aWe live in an era in which offensive speech is on the rise. The emergence of the alt-right alone has fueled a marked increase in racist and anti-Semitic speech. Given its potential for harm, should this speech be banned? Nadine Strossen's HATE dispels the many misunderstandings that have clouded the perpetual debates about "hate speech vs. free speech." She argues that an expansive approach to the First Amendment is most effective at promoting democracy, equality, and societal harmony. Proponents of anti-hate speech laws stress the harms that they fear such speech might lead to: discrimination, violence, and psychic injuries. However, there has been no rigorous analysis to date of whether the laws effectively counter the feared harms. This book fills that gap, examining our actual experience with such laws. It shows that they are not effective in reducing the feared harms, and worse yet, are likely counterproductive. Even in established democracies, enforcement officials use the power these laws give them to suppress vital expression and target minority viewpoints, as was the case in earlier periods of U.S. history. The solution instead, as Strossen shows, is to promote equality and societal harmony through the increasingly vibrant "counterspeech" activism that has been flourishing on U.S. college campuses and in some global human rights movements. Strossen's powerful argument on behalf of free expression promises to shift the debate around this perennially contentious topic. -- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: -- GLOSSARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- CHAPTER 8 -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- Conclusion: looking back - and forward.
650		0	_aHate speech _xLaw and legislation _zUnited States.
650		0	_aFreedom of speech _zUnited States.
650		7	_aLAW / Constitutional. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aLAW / Government / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aLAW / Discrimination. _2bisacsh
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