Speaking Back: The Free Speech Versus Hate Speech Debate

by Katharine Gelber

What is hate speech? How does a person suffer when they are vilified? What can public policy do to redress it? This text proposes a new type of hate speech policy - "speaking back" - providing institutional, material and educational support to enable the victims of hate speech to respond.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027226911
• ISBN13: 9789027226914
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 177 Pages