Free speech : ten principles for a connected world /

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by Garton Ash, Timothy,
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Physical details: ix, 491 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Subject(s): Freedom of speech. | Freedom of expression. 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Charlottetown Rural High School 323.4 GAR Available

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-464) and index.

Post-Gutenberg -- Cosmopolis -- Ideals -- Lifeblood -- Violence -- Knowledge -- Journalism -- Diversity -- Religion -- Privacy -- Secrecy -- Icebergs -- Courage -- Challenge.

Publisher's description: Drawing on a lifetime of writing about dictatorships and dissidents, Timothy Garton Ash argues that in this connected world that he calls cosmopolis, the way to combine freedom and diversity is to have more but also better free speech. Across all cultural divides we must strive to agree on how we disagree. He draws on a thirteen-language global online project freespeechdebate.com conducted out of Oxford University and devoted to doing just that. With vivid examples, from his personal experience of China's Orwellian censorship apparatus to the controversy around Charlie Hebdo to a very English court case involving food writer Nigella Lawson, he proposes a framework for "civilized" conflict in a world where we are all becoming neighbors.