Unsafe space : the crisis of free speech on campus /
Unsafe space : the crisis of free speech on campus /
edited by Tom Slater.
- vii, 134 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The academy is in crisis. Students call for speakers to be banned, books to be slapped with trigger warnings and university to be a Safe Space, free of offensive words or upsetting ideas. But as tempting as it is to write off intolerant students as a generational blip, or a science experiment gone wrong, theyvÌe been getting their ideas from somewhere. Bringing together leading journalists, academics and agitators from the US and UK, Unsafe Space is a wake-up call. From the war on lad culture to the clampdown on climate skeptics, we need to resist all attempts to curtail free speech on campus. But society also needs to take a long, hard look at itself. Our inability to stick up for our founding, liberal values, to insist that the free exchange of ideas should always be a risky business, has eroded free speech from within.
1137587849 9781137587848 9781137587855 1137587857
College students--Political activity.
Freedom of speech.
Student movements.
Education, Higher.
Censorship.
Censorship.
College students--Political activity.
Education, Higher.
Freedom of speech.
Student movements.
LB3610 / .U673 2016
378.2
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The academy is in crisis. Students call for speakers to be banned, books to be slapped with trigger warnings and university to be a Safe Space, free of offensive words or upsetting ideas. But as tempting as it is to write off intolerant students as a generational blip, or a science experiment gone wrong, theyvÌe been getting their ideas from somewhere. Bringing together leading journalists, academics and agitators from the US and UK, Unsafe Space is a wake-up call. From the war on lad culture to the clampdown on climate skeptics, we need to resist all attempts to curtail free speech on campus. But society also needs to take a long, hard look at itself. Our inability to stick up for our founding, liberal values, to insist that the free exchange of ideas should always be a risky business, has eroded free speech from within.
1137587849 9781137587848 9781137587855 1137587857
College students--Political activity.
Freedom of speech.
Student movements.
Education, Higher.
Censorship.
Censorship.
College students--Political activity.
Education, Higher.
Freedom of speech.
Student movements.
LB3610 / .U673 2016
378.2