Harm in Hate Speech (Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures) - Hardcover

Jeremy Waldron

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9780674065895: Harm in Hate Speech (Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures)

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ISBN 10: 0674065891 ISBN 13: 9780674065895

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2012

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"A vigorously argued, intelligent challenge to the "liberal bravado" of U.S. First Amendment scholars. In an eloquent reply to free-speech advocates, Waldron moves step by step in building the argument as to why hate-speech laws are good for a well-ordered society...The author argues that the damage caused by hate speech is like an "environmental threat to social peace, a sort of slow-acting poison" that robs the intended victims of their dignity and reputation in society. Waldron's analogy between hate speech and pornography--in terms of the defamation of women--is particularly noteworthy. He responds carefully to the notion of free speech as a necessary part of democracy's "marketplace of ideas" and looks to the Enlightenment philosophes for their views on toleration and defamation."-- Kirkus Reviews, 15th April 2012

" [Waldron's] book sheds light on a number of difficult issues, and occasionally exposes the difference between historical fact and fiction...He elegantly and convincingly advocates that our leaders should not only avoid the use of hate speech themselves, but also condemn its use by others...We should all do our best to preserve President Ford's conception of America as a place where we can disagree without being disagreeable. An understanding of the arguments in Waldron's book may help us to do so." --John Paul Stevens, New York Review of Books, 7th July 2012

"This is a wonderful book. It conveys complex ideas in an accessible and convincing way...Jeremy Waldron has put together a clear and compelling rationale for hate-speech laws - the harm that it causes to human dignity..." --Katherine Gelber, Times Higher Education, Thursday 31st May 2012

This is a wonderful book. It conveys complex ideas in an accessible and convincing way... ...Jeremy Waldron has put together a clear and compelling rationale for hate-speech laws - the harm that it causes to human dignity... --Katherine Gelber, Times Higher Education, Thursday 31st May 2012

Waldron admirably tried to keep in mind how speech regimes work in practice. --Glen Newey, London Review of Books, 5 December 2013

Waldron admirably tried to keep in mind how speech regimes work in practice. --Glen Newey, London Review of Books, 5 December 2013

About the Author:

Jeremy Waldron is University Professor, New York University School of Law, and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, University of Oxford.

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