Salem on the Thames : moral panic, anti-zionism, and the triumph of hate speech at Connecticut College /
"In the Spring of 2015, a post-modern version of the Salem witchcraft trials took place at Connecticut College on the Thames River. Only this time instead of sorcery it was Zionism; instead of punishing in the name of God's law it was in the name of anti-hate speech and inclusive excellenc...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Academic Studies Press,
2020.
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Colección: | Antisemitism in America.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "In the Spring of 2015, a post-modern version of the Salem witchcraft trials took place at Connecticut College on the Thames River. Only this time instead of sorcery it was Zionism; instead of punishing in the name of God's law it was in the name of anti-hate speech and inclusive excellence; instead of young teenage girls leading the hysteria it was college-aged social warriors stampeding 200 professors into sacrificing one of their colleagues, and thereby contributing to a wave of administration-promoted hate-speech at their college. The Pessin affair offers us a case study in a tendency towards "public shaming" that not only deeply compromises the integrity of academia, but increasingly spreads to many aspects of our society, so susceptible to media-driven feeding frenzies"-- |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages).. |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 1644691000 9781644691007 |