Free Speech and Why It Matters

Free Speech and Why It Matters

Hardback (25 Feb 2021)

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Publisher's Synopsis

'A fantastically timely book written by one of the smartest thinkers in Britain' Piers Morgan

'Impassioned, scholarly and succinct' The Times


Free speech is the bedrock of all our liberties, and yet in recent years it has come to be mistrusted. A new form of social justice activism, which perceives language as potentially violent, has prompted a national debate on where the limitations of acceptable speech should be drawn. Governments throughout Europe have enacted 'hate speech' legislation to curb the dissemination of objectionable ideas, Silicon Valley tech giants are collaborating to ensure that they control the limitations of public discourse, and campaigners in the US are calling for revisions to the First Amendment.

However well-intentioned, these trends represent a threat to the freedoms that our ancestors fought and died to secure. In this incisive and fascinating book, Andrew Doyle addresses head-on the most common concerns of free speech sceptics, and offers a timely and robust defence of this most foundational of principles.

About the Publisher

Constable

Constable

Recently acquired by Little, Brown Book Group, Constable publishes a diverse range of bestselling fiction and non-fiction titles. Notable is Constable's superb crime list, with MC Beaton at the forefront of the beloved 'cosy crime' genre with her bestselling Hamish McBeth and Agatha Raisin series. Constable also boasts a strong non-fiction section, publishing the likes of HRH Princess Michael of Kent and bestselling parody We're Going on a Bar Hunt.

Book information

ISBN: 9780349135380
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Constable
Pub date:
DEWEY: 323.443
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 144
Weight: 224g
Height: 140mm
Width: 208mm
Spine width: 19mm