After Charlie Hebdo: Terror, Racism And Free Speech
by Gavan Titley /
2017 / English / EPUB
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As the world looked on in horror at the Paris terror attacks in
2015, France found itself at the center of a conflict, which has
had consequences that extend far beyond France itself. The
attacks set in motion a steady creep towards ever more repressive
state surveillance and security measures, and they fuelled the
resurgence of the far right across Europe, while leaving the left
dangerously divided. Consequently, these developments raise
profound questions about the meanings and limits of such concepts
as secularism, multiculturalism, and freedom of speech
today.
As the world looked on in horror at the Paris terror attacks in
2015, France found itself at the center of a conflict, which has
had consequences that extend far beyond France itself. The
attacks set in motion a steady creep towards ever more repressive
state surveillance and security measures, and they fuelled the
resurgence of the far right across Europe, while leaving the left
dangerously divided. Consequently, these developments raise
profound questions about the meanings and limits of such concepts
as secularism, multiculturalism, and freedom of speech
today.After Charlie Hebdo
After Charlie Hebdo brings together an international
range of contributors to assess the symbolic and political impact
of the Paris attacks in Europe and beyond. Cutting through the
hysteria that has characterised so much of the initial commentary
on the attacks, the essays place these events in a wider
international context, exploring such key issues as the shifting
meanings of secularism in postcolonial France, the role of the
media, the politics of free expression, and how best to combat
racism and Islamophobia.
brings together an international
range of contributors to assess the symbolic and political impact
of the Paris attacks in Europe and beyond. Cutting through the
hysteria that has characterised so much of the initial commentary
on the attacks, the essays place these events in a wider
international context, exploring such key issues as the shifting
meanings of secularism in postcolonial France, the role of the
media, the politics of free expression, and how best to combat
racism and Islamophobia.