Speaking Respect, Respecting Speech

by Richard L. Abel

Book Overview

The feminist campaign against pornography, the furor over a racial epithet in the O. J. Simpson trial, and Iran's continuing threat to kill Salman Rushdie exemplify the intense passions aroused by hurtful speech. Richard Abel offers an original framework for understanding and attempting to resolve these pervasive and intractable conflicts. Drawing on sociological theories of symbolic politics, he views such confrontations as struggles for respect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226000575
• ISBN13: 9780226000572
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.0"