The same arguments, even the same metaphors, recur again and again. The sheer length of this book provides a stark indication of the weight of censorship. He details the movements and arguments that have been used repeatedly to justify suppressing speech. It reveals how the struggle for free speech has shaped the world as we know it.Īlthough the title of Mchangama’s book is Free Speech, he also tells the history of censorship. It covers scientific developments – the invention of the printing press and the internet – and moments of social and political upheaval from the Reformation and the Enlightenment to the French Revolution and the Civil Rights Movement. But it also does far more than this: it tells of humanity’s progress through battles for freedom, equality and democracy. Free Speech A global history from Socrates to Social Media, Jacob Mchangama’s compelling global history of free speech, tells the story of man’s ongoing struggle for the most fundamental of all rights.
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