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OverviewThe United States has a hate problem. In recent years, hate speech has led not only to deep division in our politics but also to violence, murder, and even insurrection. And yet established constitutional jurisprudence holds that all speech is protected as “content neutral” and that the proper democratic response to hateful expression is not regulation but “more speech.” So how can ordinary citizens stand up to hate groups when the state will not? In Combating Hate, Billie Murray proposes an answer to this question. As a participant in anti-racist and anti-fascist protests, including demonstrations against the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and the Westboro Baptist Church, Murray witnessed firsthand the limitations of the “more speech” approach as well as the combative tactics of anti-fascist activists. She argues that this latter group, commonly known as antifa, embodies a radically different strategy for combating hate, one that explodes the myth of content neutrality and reveals hate speech to be a tactic of fascist organizing with very real, highly anti-democratic consequences. Drawing on communication theory and this on-the-ground experience, Murray presents a new strategy, which she calls “allied tactics,” rooted in the commitment to affirm, support, and even protect those who are the victims of hate speech. Engaging and sophisticated, Combating Hate contends that there are concrete ways to fight hate speech from the front lines. Murray’s urgent argument that we reconsider how to confront and fight this blight on American life is essential reading for the current era. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Billie MurrayPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780271092805ISBN 10: 0271092807 Pages: 196 Publication Date: 14 May 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviews“Combating Hate takes up the vital task of showing how our current methods of responding to hate are hurting our democracy. By using a thoughtful and effective form of scholar-activism, Murray weaves together a rich, firsthand account of the central political confrontations of our moment and teaches us how to develop practical, theoretically sophisticated ways to effectively respond to hate. This is the kind of scholarship that can help save democracy.” —Robert Danisch,coauthor of Beyond Civility: The Competing Obligations of Citizenship “Combating Hate takes up the vital task of showing how our current methods of responding to hate are hurting our democracy. By using a thoughtful and effective form of scholar-activism, Murray weaves together a rich, firsthand account of the central political confrontations of our moment and teaches us how to develop practical, theoretically sophisticated ways to effectively respond to hate. This is the kind of scholarship that can help save democracy.” —Robert Danisch, coauthor of Beyond Civility: The Competing Obligations of Citizenship Author InformationBillie Murray is Associate Professor of Communication at Villanova University. Her scholarship has appeared in some of the top journals in the field, including Argumentation and Advocacy, Communication Theory, and Western Journal of Communication. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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