Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech

by Keith E. Whittington

Book Overview

Why free speech is the lifeblood of colleges and universities

Free speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, with critics on and off campus challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate. Too often speakers are shouted down, professors are threatened, and classes are disrupted. In Speak Freely, Keith Whittington argues that universities must protect and encourage free speech because...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691181608
• ISBN13: 9780691181608
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"