Islam and controversy : the politics of free speech after Rushdie /

Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have protested? What about the Danish cartoons? Is giving offense simply about the right to freedom of expression, and what is really happening when people take offense? Using case studies of a number of Muslim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mondal, Anshuman A. (Anshuman Ahmed), 1972- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:	Rushdie, Salman. > Satanic verses. Islam and literature. Freedom of speech in literature. Freedom of the press > History > 20th century. Freedom of the press > History > 21st century. Literature and society. Censorship. East and West in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading. LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Indic. PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy. RELIGION > Islam > General. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Islamic Studies.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I1. From Blasphemy to Offensiveness: The Politics of Controversy 2. What is Freedom of Speech For? 3. A Difficult Freedom: Towards Mutual Understanding and the Ethics of Propriety PART II 4. The Self-Transgressions of Salman Rushdie: Re-Reading The Satanic Verses 5. Visualism and Violence: On the Art and Ethics of Provocation in the Jyllands-Posten Cartoons and Theo Van Gogh's Submission 6. Romancing the Other: The Jewel of the Medina and the Ethics of Genre PART III 7. Satire, Incitement and Self-Restraint: Reflections on Freedom of Expression and Aesthetic Responsibility in Contemporary Britain Notes Index.