{"product_id":"is-free-speech-under-threat-9781529935714","title":"Is Free Speech Under Threat?","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo leading thinkers present alternative answers to one of the most difficult and divisive questions of our times: Is free speech under threat?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, the leading free expression organization, argues that alongside the necessary and long-overdue elevation of minority voices in recent years, there has also arisen an uncompromising intolerance - most notably on university campuses and online - that wrongly equates a wide range of offensive speech with violence and seeks to shut it down. This has led to an escalating free speech arms race, from which everyone loses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Charlotte Lydia Riley, historian of empire and editor of The Free Speech Wars, argues that accusations of cancel culture and defenses of free speech are too often disingenuous attempts to fuel a culture war and so inhibit an important realignment in which hateful speech is at last being called out for what it is and the right to free expression is being extended to more people than ever before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published in conjunction with Intelligence Squared, the world's leading curator of debate, this book is part of the THINK AGAIN series: short books that present two expert, contrasting but equally persuasive views in a single volume that can be read from either end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529935714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Charlotte Lydia Riley,Suzanne Nossel,Intelligence Squared","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52360465580213,"sku":"9781529935714","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7f390c03-5790-4619-9784-9bf4de1d66d4.jpg?v=1773721079","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/is-free-speech-under-threat-9781529935714","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}