Salem on the Thames (eBook)

Moral Panic, Anti-Zionism, and the Triumph of Hate Speech at Connecticut College

Richard Landes (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
218 Seiten
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
9781644693704 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.4.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Antisemitism in America
• Reihe/Serie: Antisemitism in America
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: academia • Andrew Pessin • anti-israel • Antisemitism • Anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • College Campus • college journalism • Connecticut College • Diversity • Education • Free Speech • Hate-Speech • hostile learning climates • hostile learning environment • isreal palestine conflict • Jewish Studies • North American • North American colleges and universities • Persecution • philosophy professor • Public Shaming • Racism • Relations • Religious intolerance • Salem witch trials • social justice warriors • Social Media • staged emergencies • US colleges and universities • US Universities
• ISBN-13: 9781644693704 / 9781644693704