Salem on the Thames : Moral Panic, Anti-Zionism, and the Triumph of Hate Speech at Connecticut College PDF
by Richard Landes
Part of the Antisemitism in America series
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This compelling volume focuses on the story of AndrewPessin, a tenured philosophy professor at Connecticut College, who was accusedby students and faculty of having “directly condoned the extermination of apeople” based on a deliberate misreading of his 2015 Facebook post on the Israeli-Palestiniancon?ict. Salem on the Thames captures the events as they unfolded anddiscusses topics such as Western sentiments concerning Israeli-Palestinianrelations, academics and free speech, antisemitism and diversity on the collegecampus, and social media and politics. The Pessin affair offers us a case studyin a tendency towards “public shaming” reminiscent of the Salem witch trialsthat deeply compromises the integrity of academia.
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- Pages:218 pages
- Publisher:Academic Studies Press
- Publication Date:31/03/2020
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:218 pages
- Publisher:Academic Studies Press
- Publication Date:31/03/2020
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- ISBN:9781644691007
