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008    150731s2014    nyu|||||||||||001 0|eng|c 
020    9781137471673|qHäftad 
020    9781137466075|qhardback 
041    eng 
042    pcc 
082 00 809/.9338297|223 
092 0  809|bengelska 
100 1  Mondal, Anshuman A.|q(Anshuman Ahmed),|d1972-|4aut 
245 10 Islam and controversy :|bthe politics of free speech after
       Rushdie /|cAnshuman A. Mondal 
264  1 Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;|aNew York, NY :
       |bPalgrave Macmillan,|c2014 
300    248 sidor|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-241) and 
       index 
520    "Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic 
       Verses? Were the protestors right to have protested? What 
       about the Danish cartoons? Is giving offence simply about 
       the right to freedom of expression, and what is really 
       happening when people take offence?   Using case studies 
       of a number of Muslim-related freedom of speech 
       controversies surrounding (in)famous, controversial texts 
       such as The Satanic Verses, The Jewel of Medina, the 
       Danish cartoons of Muhammed and the film Submission by 
       Theo van Gogh, this book examines the moral questions 
       raised by such controversies, questions that are often set
       aside at the time, such as whether the authors and artists
       involved were right to have done what they did and whether
       those who protested against them were right to have 
       responded in such a way. In so doing, it argues that the 
       giving and taking of offence are political performances 
       that struggle to define and re-define freedom, and 
       suggests that any attempt to establish a language of inter
       -cultural communication appropriate to multicultural 
       societies is an ethical as opposed to merely political or 
       legal task, involving dialogue and negotiation over 
       fundamental values and principles.  Overall, this 
       important book constitutes a sustained critique of liberal
       arguments for freedom of speech, in particular of the 
       liberal discourse that took shape in response to the 
       Rushdie controversy and has, in the twenty-five years 
       since, become almost an orthodoxy for many intellectuals, 
       artists, journalists and politicians living and working in
       Britain (and elsewhere in the West) today.  "--|cProvided 
       by publisher 
600 10 Rushdie, Salman.|tSatanic verses 
600 14 Rushdie, Salman,|d1947- 
600 14 Gogh, Theo van,|d1957-2004 
650  0 Islam and literature 
650  0 Freedom of speech in literature 
650  0 Literature and society 
650  0 Censorship 
650  0 East and West in literature 
650  0 Freedom of the press|xHistory|y20th century 
650  0 Freedom of the press|xHistory|y21st century 
650  7 Tryckfrihet|2sao 
650  7 Litteratur och samhälle|2sao 
650  7 Yttrandefrihet|2sao 
650  7 Censur|2sao 
653    |5Jon|aLiterature 
653    |5Jon|aFreedom of speech 
653    |5Jon|aLitteratur 
653    |5Jon|aIslam 
653    |5Jon|aYttrandefrihet 
653    Dawit Isaak-biblioteket