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008			160329s2016 mau b 001 0 eng
010			_a2016014335
020			_a9780262035309 _q(hardback : alkaline paper)
020			_a0262035308 _q(hardback : alkaline paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)946159852
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050	0	0	_aK5305 _b.G46 2016
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100	1		_aGeorge, Cherian,
245	1	0	_aHate spin : _bthe manufacture of religious offense and its threat to democracy / _cCherian George.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bThe MIT Press, _c[2016]
264		4	_c©2016.
300			_axviii, 308 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
490	1		_aInformation policy series.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 267-292) and index.
505	0		_aHate spin as politics by other means -- By what rules?: Human rights and religious authority -- God, Google, and the globalization of offendedness -- India: Narendra Modi and the harnessing of hate -- Indonesia: Democracy tested amid rising religious intolerance -- United States: Exceptional freedoms, fabricated fears -- Pushing back, through media and civil society -- Assertive pluralism for a world of irreducible diversity.
520			_aIn the United States, elements of the religious right fuel fears of an existential Islamic threat, spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric into mainstream politics. In Indonesia, Muslim absolutists urge suppression of churches and minority sects, fostering a climate of rising intolerance. In India, Narendra Modi's radical supporters instigate communal riots and academic censorship in pursuit of their Hindu nationalist vision. Outbreaks of religious intolerance are usually assumed to be visceral and spontaneous. But in Hate Spin, Cherian George shows that they often involve sophisticated campaigns manufactured by political opportunists to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents. Right-wing networks orchestrate the giving of offense and the taking of offense as instruments of identity politics, exploiting democratic space to promote agendas that undermine democratic values. George calls this strategy "hate spin" -- a double-sided technique that combines hate speech (incitement through vilification) with manufactured offense-taking (the performing of righteous indignation). It is deployed in societies as diverse as Buddhist Myanmar and Orthodox Christian Russia. George looks at the world's three largest democracies, where intolerant groups within India's Hindu right, America's Christian right, and Indonesia's Muslim right are all accomplished users of hate spin. He also shows how the Internet and Google have opened up new opportunities for cross-border hate spin. George argues that governments must protect vulnerable communities by prohibiting calls to action that lead directly to discrimination and violence. But laws that try to protect believers' feelings against all provocative expression invariably backfire. They arm hate spin agents' offense-taking campaigns with legal ammunition. Anti-discrimination laws and a commitment to religious equality will protect communities more meaningfully than misguided attempts to insulate them from insult.
650		0	_aOffenses against religion _xLaw and legislation.
650		0	_aOffenses against religion _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aFreedom of speech.
650		0	_aPolitical persecution.
650		0	_aHate speech _xLaw and legislation.
830		0	_aInformation policy series.
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