Dangerous Ideas by Eric Berkowitz

Dangerous Ideas by Eric Berkowitz

A fascinating examination of how restricting speech has continuously shaped our culture, and how censorship is used as a tool to prop up authorities and maintain class and gender disparities

Through compelling narrative, historian Eric Berkowitz reveals how drastically censorship has shaped our modern society. More than just a history of censorship, Dangerous Ideas illuminates the power of restricting speech; how it has defined states, ideas, and culture; and (despite how each of us would like to believe otherwise) how it is something we all participate in.

This engaging cultural history of censorship and thought suppression throughout the ages takes readers from the first Chinese emperor's wholesale elimination of books, to Henry VI's decree of death for anyone who imagined his demise, and on to the attack on Charlie Hebdo and the volatile politics surrounding censorship of social media.

Highlighting the base impulses driving many famous acts of suppression, Berkowitz demonstrates the fragility of power and how every individual can act as both the suppressor and the suppressed.

Berkowitz, Eric: - Eric Berkowitz is a writer, lawyer, and journalist. For more than twenty years, he practiced intellectual property and First Amendment law and business litigation in Los Angeles. He has published widely throughout his career, and his writing has appeared in periodicals such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, the Los Angeles Times, and LA Weekly. His previous books include Sex and Punishment and The Boundaries of Desire. He lives in San Francisco.

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ISBN 13	9780807036242
ISBN 10	0807036242
Title	Dangerous Ideas
Author	Eric Berkowitz
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Beacon Press
Year published	2021-05-04
Number of pages	320
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