Freedoms of Speech : Anthropological Perspectives on Language, Ethics, and Power /

Bringing together leading anthropologists, this collection sheds light on the vast topic of freedoms of speech from a comparatively human perspective. Freedoms of Speech provides a sustained, empirical exploration of the variety of ways freedom of speech is lived, valued, and contested in practice;...

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Other Authors:	Bandak, Andreas (Contributor), Bhojani, Ali-Reza (Contributor), Bishara, Amahl (Contributor), Candea, Matei (Contributor, Editor), Cannell, Fenella (Contributor), Carr, E. Summerson (Contributor), Englund, Harri (Contributor), Fedirko, Taras (Contributor, Editor), Gal, Susan (Contributor), Heywood, Paolo (Contributor, Editor), Hoek, Lotte (Contributor), Keane, Webb (Contributor), Kwon, Heonik (Contributor), Lempert, Michael (Contributor), Morningstar, Natalie (Contributor), Pinto, Sarah (Contributor), Reed, Adam (Contributor), Sidnell, Jack (Contributor), Stasch, Rupert (Contributor), Wright, Fiona (Contributor, Editor), humphrey, caroline (Contributor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2024]
Series:	Studies in the Anthropology of Language, Sign, and Social Life
Subjects:	Freedom of speech > Cross-cultural studies. Freedom of speech > History > Cross-cultural studies. Freedom of speech > Moral and ethical aspects > Cross-cultural studies. Freedom of speech > Political aspects > Cross-cultural studies. Liberté d'expression > Études transculturelles. Liberté d'expression > Histoire > Études transculturelles. Liberté d'expression > Aspect moral > Études transculturelles. Liberté d'expression > Aspect politique > Études transculturelles. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics. censors. censorship. defamation. dissent. ethics. fascism. free speech Islam. free speech Russia. freedom of speech. human rights. linguistics. politics of free speech. press freedom. speech debates. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Bringing together leading anthropologists, this collection sheds light on the vast topic of freedoms of speech from a comparatively human perspective. Freedoms of Speech provides a sustained, empirical exploration of the variety of ways freedom of speech is lived, valued, and contested in practice; envisioned as an ideal; and mediated by various linguistic, ethical, and material forms. From Ireland to India, from Palestine to West Papua, from contemporary Java to early twentieth-century Britain, and from colonial Vietnam to the contemporary United States, the book broadly interrogates the classic vision of a singular "Western liberal tradition" of freedom of speech, exploring its internal complexities and highlighting alternative perspectives on the relationship between speech, freedom, and constraint in other times and places. Chapters analyse subjects commonly linked to freedom-of-speech debates, shedding new light on familiar topics that include campus speech codes, defamation, and press freedom, while also exploring unexpected ones such as therapy, gift-giving, and martyrdom. These analyses not only provide unexpected perspectives and unique insights but also address a myriad of questions, contributing to a rich, interdisciplinary, and human understanding of the nature of freedom of speech.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (478 p.) : 6 b&w figures.
ISBN:	9781487552978 1487552971