Content related to Denmark The University of Cape Town and the Flemming Rose Affair Milton Shain discusses his university’s controversial cancellation of a lecture by the journalist who commissioned the ‘Danish cartoons’. Ian McEwan on free speech and religion The celebrated English novelist on Islam’s ‘totalitarian moment’ and why freedom of expression is not religion’s enemy but its protector. EU versus intellectual freedom? In a bid to synchronise hate crimes, the EU is seeking unity amongst members states against the denial of historical injustices. Is this the EU versus member states’ appreciation of intellectual freedom? Luigi Cajani explains. Why Yale UP did not publish the Danish cartoons John Donatich, the director of Yale University Press, explains and defends his decision not to include illustrations in Jytte Klausen’s book. Warum Yale University Press die dänischen Cartoons nicht veröffentlicht hat John Donatich, Direktor der Yale University Press, erklärt und verteidigt seine Entscheidung, Jytte Klausens Buch ohne Illustrationen zu publizieren. Jytte Klausen: Should Yale University Press have removed images from the Danish cartoon controversy? Professor Jytte Klausen analyses and criticises Yale University Press’s decision to remove images of Muhammad from her scholarly book on the Danish cartoons controversy. From Muslim activist to free speech defender: the story of Ahmad Akkari and the Danish cartoon controversy Katie Engelhart speaks to Ahmad Akkari to find out why he apologised to one of the Danish cartoonists eight years after fuelling worldwide fury. Why hate speech should not be banned Restrictions on hate speech are not a means of tackling bigotry but of rebranding often obnoxious ideas or arguments are immoral, argues writer Kenan Malik. ACTA: Open agreement secretly arrived at? The secretive approach adopted by parties in negotiating the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement constrained the ability of the public to challenge limits on free expression, writes Graham Reynolds.
The University of Cape Town and the Flemming Rose Affair Milton Shain discusses his university’s controversial cancellation of a lecture by the journalist who commissioned the ‘Danish cartoons’.
Ian McEwan on free speech and religion The celebrated English novelist on Islam’s ‘totalitarian moment’ and why freedom of expression is not religion’s enemy but its protector.
EU versus intellectual freedom? In a bid to synchronise hate crimes, the EU is seeking unity amongst members states against the denial of historical injustices. Is this the EU versus member states’ appreciation of intellectual freedom? Luigi Cajani explains.
Why Yale UP did not publish the Danish cartoons John Donatich, the director of Yale University Press, explains and defends his decision not to include illustrations in Jytte Klausen’s book.
Warum Yale University Press die dänischen Cartoons nicht veröffentlicht hat John Donatich, Direktor der Yale University Press, erklärt und verteidigt seine Entscheidung, Jytte Klausens Buch ohne Illustrationen zu publizieren.
Jytte Klausen: Should Yale University Press have removed images from the Danish cartoon controversy? Professor Jytte Klausen analyses and criticises Yale University Press’s decision to remove images of Muhammad from her scholarly book on the Danish cartoons controversy.
From Muslim activist to free speech defender: the story of Ahmad Akkari and the Danish cartoon controversy Katie Engelhart speaks to Ahmad Akkari to find out why he apologised to one of the Danish cartoonists eight years after fuelling worldwide fury.
Why hate speech should not be banned Restrictions on hate speech are not a means of tackling bigotry but of rebranding often obnoxious ideas or arguments are immoral, argues writer Kenan Malik.
ACTA: Open agreement secretly arrived at? The secretive approach adopted by parties in negotiating the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement constrained the ability of the public to challenge limits on free expression, writes Graham Reynolds.