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E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 202196 kr
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Today should be a Golden Age for free speech - with technology providing more ways of communicating ideas and opinions than ever before. Yet we're actually witnessing a growing wave of restrictions on freedom of thought and expression. In Having Your Say a variety of authors - academics, philosophers, comedians and more - stress the fundamental importance of free speech, one of the cornerstones of classical liberalism. And they provide informed and incisive insights on this worrying trend, which threatens to usher in a new, intolerant and censorious era.
E-bok
Engelska, 202196 kr
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Today should be a Golden Age for free speech - with technology providing more ways of communicating ideas and opinions than ever before. Yet we're actually witnessing a growing wave of restrictions on freedom of thought and expression. In Having Your Say a variety of authors - academics, philosophers, comedians and more - stress the fundamental importance of free speech, one of the cornerstones of classical liberalism. And they provide informed and incisive insights on this worrying trend, which threatens to usher in a new, intolerant and censorious era.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
342 kr
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An incisive examination of free speech's global decline and a framework for preserving expression in democratic societies.The Future of Free Speech confronts a stark truth: the right to speak freely is under siege. Once celebrated as a cornerstone of democratic societies, free expression is now met with growing suspicion and retaliation across the globe. Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff present a panoramic view of how we arrived at this pivotal moment. The authors examine a century in which speech rights expanded dramatically—including postwar democratic revolutions and the sweeping protections of the First Amendment—only to find those rights unraveling in the face of new political, technological, and cultural pressures. Today, liberal democracies are imposing speech controls, authoritarian regimes are cloaking censorship in democratic language, and digital platforms wield unprecedented power over global discourse. This book examines the backlash against free speech from all sides: governments criminalizing dissent in the name of national security; lawmakers and activists demanding tighter controls on misinformation, hate speech, and offensive content; and AI systems removing speech at a scale and speed that dwarfs historical forms of censorship. At the same time, faith in free speech itself is waning, even in the very societies that once championed it. The Future of Free Speech argues for a reinvigorated, global commitment to open dialogue. Mchangama and Kosseff advocate nonpartisan, civic-minded solutions that resist both government overreach and corporate silencing. They offer a compelling case for how free speech can meet modern challenges without abandoning its foundational role in sustaining democracy, human rights, and shared understanding.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
267 kr
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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.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
184 kr
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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.
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
163 kr
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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.
E-bok
Engelska, 202244 kr
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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.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
279 kr
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70 kr
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La libertad de expresión es la condición que hace posible la democracia, pero también el derecho más frágil y cuestionado. Y no sólo en los regímenes autoritarios, que, por supuesto no la respetan, sino en el seno de las mayores democracias del mundo.Este libro traza un recorrido histórico —de la Atenas clásica a la era digital— y se detiene en múltiples hitos luminosos como el Cilindro de Ciro, la Declaración de los Derechos del Hombre y del Ciudadano o la Primera Enmienda de la Constitución estadounidense, así como en numerosas paradojas que, hoy más que nunca, nos obligan a reflexionar.Por sus páginas desfilan los grandes precursores de esta libertad —pensadores como Demóstenes, Al-Razi, Condorcet y Diderot o activistas como Mary Wollstonecraft, Olympe de Gouges, Gandhi, Mandela, Ida B. Wells o Eleanor Roosevelt— junto con precedentes reveladores, como las acusaciones contra la imprenta de difundir odio y mentiras, tan similares a las que actualmente se hacen contra las redes sociales, o las restricciones de la República de Weimar, que allanaron el camino a la apisonadora nazi.Estamos ante una defensa rigurosa y valiente de la libertad que sostiene todas las demás.HAN DICHO«Como argumenta este libro ágil, lleno de información y referencias útiles, la eficacia de la libertad de expresión para extender los valores democráticos es insustituible». 05/05/2026, Daniel Gascón, El País«Este magnífico libro, que abarca desde los orígenes de la Libertad de Expresión hasta nuestros días, es de lectura casi obligatoria para periodistas, profesores, juristas y demás». 19/05/2026, César Antonio Molina, ABC Cultural«Una mirada que asombra porque analiza el problema con una perspectiva única». 13/03/2026, Jesús García Calero, ABC Cultural«Debiera ser de lectura obligatoria». 12/03/2026, Miguel Ángel Aguilar, 20 Minutos«Puntuación: 9/10. Lo mejor del libro es el alegato histórico que el autor realiza en defensa de la libertad de expresión, uno de los frenos a los gobiernos». 11/04/2026, Jorge Vilches, La Razón«De Platón a Trump van unos 2.500 años, que son los que estudia Jacob Mchangama, ensayista danés que lleva años dedicado a la cuestión, en un libro imprescindible, ameno y también urgente, Libertad de expresión. Una historia global desde Sócrates hasta las redes sociales». 25/03/2026, Manuel Burón, The Objective«Este estimulante volumen recorre la historia de la lucha por la libertad de expresión, desde la Grecia socrática hasta las actualidades sociedades digitales», 18/04/2026, Mauricio Bach, La Vanguardia«La libertad de expresión se ha convertido en uno de los grandes temas de esta década, pero faltaba el trasfondo intelectual. Jacob Mchangama ofrece ese contexto con una profunda erudición, una escritura poderosa y un tono ligero». Steven Pinker«La mejor historia sobre la libertad de expresión jamás escrita y la mejor defensa que se haya hecho de ella». P. J. O''Rourker«Las conclusiones de Mchangama […] son aleccionadoras». The Economist«Inteligente, perspicaz y astuto […] un relato amplio y vívido, rico en detalles históricos». Los Angeles Review of Books