The Rushdie Fatwa and After [electronic resource] : A Lesson to the Circumspect /
Winston, B.author.
This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the Satanic Verses uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as the Danish cartoons controversy, to argue that the human right of free speech is by no means so secure that it can be taken for granted.
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Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: A Lesson to the Circumspect; Warning; Understanding; Toleration; Sensitivity; Offensiveness; 1 A Story to Pass the Waking Hours of the Night: The Original Offence; The editorial adviser''s tale; A tale of four theorists; The Indian politician''s tale; A tale of an activist; Tales of the activist''s colleagues; 2 A More Remarkable Story: Throwing Down the Gauntlet; A tale of two mobs; The tale of the Imam and the Shah of Shahs; The Supreme Leader''s tale; The tale of the hostage; The bien-pensant''s tale
3 Give Me More of These Examples: ContagionThe Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government''s tale; Tales of the affronted, the insulted and the offended; The cartoonist''s tale; The tale of the fourth Dutch provocateur; A tale of lunatics and satirists; Afterword: Perceive the Dawn of Day: Lessons to the Circumspect; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the Satanic Verses uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as the Danish cartoons controversy, to argue that the human right of free speech is by no means so secure that it can be taken for granted.
Rushdie, Salman.
Ethics.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Religion and sociology.
Literature
Culture
Literature, Modern
Ethics.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Sociology of Religion.
Literary Theory.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Twentieth-Century Literature.