
Trigger Warning
Is the Fear of Being Offensive Killing Free Speech?
By: Mick Hume
Paperback | 25 July 2016
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But the basic right being supressed – to be offensive, despite the problems it creates – is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible.
About the Author
Mick Hume is a journalist and author. He is editor-at-large of Spiked and writes regularly on free-speech issues. He had a weekly column in ‘The Times’ for 10 years, and was described as ‘Britain’s only libertarian Marxist newspaper columnist’. More recently he has written in defence of freedom of speech and a free press in ‘The Times’, the ‘Sunday Times’, the ‘Independent’ and the ‘Sun’.
Industry Reviews
'Superb...This is a first-rate polemic and the most important political book of the year so far' Rod Liddle
'This is an important book, and couldn't be more timely. It's strong-minded, unafraid, determined to knock down all the various specious arguments against free speech, unapologetic about insisting on the value of free expression, and terrifically well argued. In these weak-minded times it's good to have so uncompromising a defence' Salman Rushdie
'What this book does tremendously is pull off the neat trick of summing up just what the hell is going on out there on the great frontiers of speech, offence, liberty and people shouting at each other' The Times
ISBN: 9780008126407
ISBN-10: 0008126402
Published: 25th July 2016
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 144
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Type: Abridged
Dimensions (cm): 17.8 x 11.1 x 0.9
Weight (kg): 0.86
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