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Title: CENSORIAL SENSITIVITIES
FREE SPEECH AND RELIGION IN A FUNDAMENTALIST WORLD
By: Andras Sajo (Editor)
Format: Hardback

List price: £69.00


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ISBN 10: 9077596216
ISBN 13: 9789077596210
Publisher: ELEVEN INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 1 August, 2007
Pages: 360
Synopsis: This book addresses the conflict between free speech and religion. Religious authorities have long tried to "discipline" free speech when it runs counter to religious teachings or dogmas. The reaction to the cartoons about the prophet Muhammad, published in the Danish Jyllands-Posten, demonstrated the resonance of the accusation of blasphemy inside Islam. The conflict is not, however, limited to Islam. The Catholic Church and various Protestant churches have strongly expressed their hostility toward various books, plays, and films that they consider "collective defamation." There is an increasing concern about the need to protect religious sensitivities against offensive speech, in particular where such speech affects vulnerable minorities and collective identities based on religious affiliation. The thought-provoking essays in this book are a welcome contribution to the current debate on how to deal with the clash between free speech and religion in a world where a growing number of people are committed in a fundamental way to religion in everyday life.
Publication: Netherlands
Imprint: Eleven International Publishing
Returns: Returnable
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