Free speech and hate speech in the United States: the limits of toleration

"Free Speech and Hate Speech in the United States explores the concept and treatment of hate speech in light of escalating social tensions in the global twenty-first century, proposing a shift in emphasis from the negative protection of individual rights toward a more positive support of social...

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Main Author: Demaske, Chris 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Routledge 2021
Series:Routledge research in communication studies
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"Free Speech and Hate Speech in the United States explores the concept and treatment of hate speech in light of escalating social tensions in the global twenty-first century, proposing a shift in emphasis from the negative protection of individual rights toward a more positive support of social equality. Drawing on Axel Honneth's theory of recognition, the author develops a two-tiered framework for free speech analysis that will promote a strategy for combating hate speech. To illustrate how this framework might impact speech rights in the U.S., she looks specifically at hate speech in the context of symbolic speech, disparaging speech, internet speech and speech on college campuses. Entering into an ongoing debate about the role of speech in society, this book will be of key importance to First Amendment scholars, and to scholars and students of communication studies, media studies, media law, political science, feminist studies, American studies, and history"--
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 18, 2020)
Physical Description:1 Online Ressource (viii, 198 Seiten)
ISBN:9781003046851
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DOI:10.4324/9781003046851

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