EAN: 9781529382204

FREE SPEECH - JACOB MCHANGAMA KARTONIERT (TB)

A global history of free speech  from the ancient world to today. Hailed as the first freedom 
free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a challenging principle  subject to erosion
in times of upheaval. Today  in democracies and authoritarian states around the world  it is on
the retreat. In Free Speech  Jacob Mchangama traces the riveting legal  political  and cultural
history of this idea. Through captivating stories of free speech's many defenders - from the
ancient Athenian orator Demosthenes and the ninth-century freethinker al-Razi  to Mary
Wollstonecraft  Mahatma Gandhi  Nelson Mandela and modern-day digital activists - Mchangama
demonstrates how the free exchange of ideas underlies all intellectual achievement and has
enabled the advancement of both freedom and equality worldwide. Yet the desire to restrict
speech is also a constant  and he explores how even its champions can be led down this path
when the rise of new and contrarian voices challenge power and privilege of all kinds.
Meticulously researched  deeply humane and provocative  Free Speech challenges us all to
recognise how much we have gained from this principle - and how much we stand to lose without
it.

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