{"product_id":"9781509536153","title":"Is Free Speech Racist?","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDebating Race\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eIs Free Speech Racist?\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGavan Titley\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Demography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe question of free speech is never far from the headlines and frequently declared to be in crisis. Starting from the observation that such debates so often focus on what can and cannot be said in relation to \u003ci\u003erace\u003c\/i\u003e, Gavan Titley asks why racism has become so central to intense disputes about the status and remit of freedom of speech. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs Free Speech Racist?\u003c\/i\u003e moves away from recurring debates about the limits of speech to instead examine how the principle of free speech is marshalled in today’s multicultural and intensively mediated societies. This involves tracing the ways in which free speech has been mobilized in far-right politics, in the recycling of ‘race realism’ and other discredited forms of knowledge, and in the politics of immigration and integration. Where there is intense political contestation and public confusion as to what constitutes racism and who gets to define it, ‘free speech’ has been adopted as a primary mechanism for amplifying and re-animating racist ideas and racializing claims. As such, contemporary free speech discourse reveals much about the ongoing life of race and racism in contemporary society.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eGavan Titley\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Maynooth University.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 September 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509536153\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e144\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314319061132,"sku":"9781509536153","price":58.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509536153_4547cd56-05d6-48a9-b24e-1388f3d619e6.jpg?v=1780106020","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509536153","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}