{"product_id":"salem-on-the-thames-moral-panic-anti-zionism-and-the-triumph-of-hate-speech-at-connecticut-college-9781644690994","title":"Salem on the Thames: Moral Panic, Anti-Zionism, and the Triumph of Hate Speech at Connecticut College","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compelling volume focuses on the story of Andrew Pessin, a tenured philosophy professor at Connecticut College, who was accused by students and faculty of having \"directly condoned the extermination of a people\" based on a deliberate misreading of his 2015 Facebook post on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. \u003ci\u003eSalem on the Thames\u003c\/i\u003e captures the events as they unfolded and discusses topics such as Western sentiments concerning Israeli-Palestinian relations, academics and free speech, antisemitism and diversity on the college campus, and social media and politics. The Pessin affair offers us a case study in a tendency towards \"public shaming\" reminiscent of the Salem witch trials that deeply compromises the integrity of academia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Academic Studies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644690994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Richard Landes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36664536367260,"sku":"9781644690994","price":28.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cda76f4d-c216-4567-a27b-e011a859eb2e.jpg?v=1603906938","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/salem-on-the-thames-moral-panic-anti-zionism-and-the-triumph-of-hate-speech-at-connecticut-college-9781644690994","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}