After Charlie Hebdo: Terror, Racism and Free Speech

Des Freedman (ed) et al

ISBN 10: 1783609389 / ISBN 13: 9781783609383

Published by Zed Books, 2017

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9781783609383.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: After Charlie Hebdo: Terror, Racism and Free Speech
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783609389
• ISBN 13: 9781783609383
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 450 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Political Science

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Synopsis

As the world looked on in horror at the Paris terror attacks of January and November 2015, France found itself at the centre of a war that has split across nations and continents. The attacks set in motion a steady creep towards ever more repressive state surveillance, and have fuelled the resurgence of the far right across Europe and beyond, while leaving the left dangerously divided. These developments raise profound questions about a number of issues central to contemporary debates, including the nature of national identity, the limits to freedom of speech, and the role of both traditional and social media.

After Charlie Hebdo brings together an international range of scholars to assess the social and political impact of the Paris attacks in Europe and beyond. Cutting through the hysteria that has characterised so much of the initial commentary, it seeks to place these events in their wider global context, untangling the complex symbolic web woven around 'Charlie Hebdo' to pose the fundamental question - how best to combat racism in our supposedly 'post-racial' age?

About the Authors

Des Freedman is a Professor of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the author of The Politics of Media Policy, co-author (with James Curran and Natalie Fenton) of Misunderstanding the Internet, co-editor (with Michael Bailey) of The Assault on Universities: A Manifesto for Resistance and co-editor (with Daya Thussu) of Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives. He is particularly interested in issues of media power and media reform. He is the chair of the UK Media Reform Coalition and on the national council of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom. He is an editor of the journal Global Media and Communication and a member of the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre.

Gholam Khiabany is a senior lecturer in the Dept of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London.