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Discriminations
ISBN
9780861549979
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
03-04-2025
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Oneworld Publications
Auteur(s)
A. C. Grayling

Discriminations

Making Peace in the Culture Wars

A. C. Grayling
Leesfragment
€14,53
  • World-renowned
  • philosopher
  • A.
  • C.
  • Grayling
  • explores
  • the
  • messy
  • politics
  • of
  • the
  • ‘culture
  • wars’It
  • seems
  • like
  • we
  • can’t
  • talk
  • about
  • anything
  • nowadays…
  • Whether
  • it’s
  • war
  • or
  • something
  • utterly
  • inconsequential,
  • the
  • internet
  • is
  • primed
  • for
  • furore.
  • And
  • the
  • results
  • can
  • be
  • horrifying
  • –
  • from
  • online
  • pile-ons
  • and
  • doxing
  • to
  • job
  • loss
  • and,
  • in
  • some
  • cases,
  • death.
  • But
  • how
  • did
  • we
  • end
  • up
  • here?Nuanced
  • and
  • historically
  • grounded,
  • A.
  • C.
  • Grayling
  • searches
  • for
  • middle
  • ground
  • in
  • an
  • otherwise
  • incendiary
  • debate.
  • Looking
  • at
  • the
  • history
  • of
  • cancellation,
  • from
  • Ancient
  • Greek
  • ‘ostracism’
  • through
  • hemlock
  • cups,
  • witch
  • trials
  • and
  • the
  • House
  • of
  • Un-American
  • Activities,
  • Discriminationsis
  • a
  • timely
  • examination
  • of
  • the
  • state
  • of
  • our
  • public
  • culture
  • and
  • the
  • chilling
  • effect
  • it’s
  • having
  • on
  • intellectual discourse.
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