Hate spin : the manufacture of religious offense and its threat to democracy /

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Eruptions of religious intolerance are often described as spontaneous and visceral. This work, however, argues that most major episodes of religious offense are purposefully manufactured by political entrepreneurs.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: George, Cherian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2017.
Series:Information policy series.
Subjects:
Religious discrimination.
Freedom of religion.
Religious tolerance.
Offenses against religion > Political aspects.
Hate speech > Law and legislation.
Discrimination religieuse.
Liberté religieuse.
Tolérance religieuse.
Délits religieux > Aspect politique.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Freedom of religion
Hate speech > Law and legislation
Religious discrimination
Religious tolerance
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hate 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
  • Democracy tested : Indonesia's rising religious intolerance
  • America's exceptional freedoms and the politics of fear
  • Pushing back, through media and civil society
  • Assertive pluralism for a world of irreducible diversity.

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