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Los Angeles Review of Books: Avant Charlie: Flemming Rose and The Danish Cartoon Crisis
“...The Tyranny of Silence is not an apology; it is one man’s narrative among many. “In the open society,” Rose writes, “history moves forward through the exchange of new narratives.” He explains that during a conversation with Salman Rushdie in 2009 he came to understand that “what differentiates open and closed societies is the right to tell and retell our own and other people’s stories.” Any attempt to prevent those stories from being told is not simply a restriction on free speech; it is an assault on human nature. “When we spoke,” Rose recalls, “Rushdie observed that from childhood, we use storytelling as a way of defining and understanding ourselves. It is a phenomenon that derives from a language instinct that is universal and innate in human nature.”
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Library Journal Reviews Political Science: The Tyranny of Silence
28/12/14 11:35 Filed in: Reviews
Political Science (Books are selected for their potential interest to a broad spectrum of libraries.)
Fathi, Nazila. The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran. Basic: Perseus. Dec. 2014. 336p. notes. index. ISBN 9780465069996. $27.99; ebk. ISBN 9780465040926. POL SCI
Panetta, Leon with Jim Newton. Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace. Penguin Pr. 2014. 512p. photos. notes. index. ISBN 9781594205965. $36; ebk. ISBN 9780698152748. POL SCI
Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation. McSweeney’s. (Voice of Witness). 2014. 320p. ed. by Cate Malek & Mateo Hoke. illus. maps. notes. ISBN 9781940450247. pap. $16. POL SCI
Risen, James. Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War. Houghton Harcourt. 2014. 304p. index. ISBN 9780544341418. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780544341425. POL SCI
Rose, Flemming. The Tyranny of Silence. Cato Inst. 2014. 240p. notes. ISBN 9781939709424. $24.95; ebk. ISBN 9781939709431. POL SCI
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Fathi, Nazila. The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran. Basic: Perseus. Dec. 2014. 336p. notes. index. ISBN 9780465069996. $27.99; ebk. ISBN 9780465040926. POL SCIPanetta, Leon with Jim Newton. Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace. Penguin Pr. 2014. 512p. photos. notes. index. ISBN 9781594205965. $36; ebk. ISBN 9780698152748. POL SCI
Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation. McSweeney’s. (Voice of Witness). 2014. 320p. ed. by Cate Malek & Mateo Hoke. illus. maps. notes. ISBN 9781940450247. pap. $16. POL SCIRisen, James. Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War. Houghton Harcourt. 2014. 304p. index. ISBN 9780544341418. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780544341425. POL SCI
Rose, Flemming. The Tyranny of Silence. Cato Inst. 2014. 240p. notes. ISBN 9781939709424. $24.95; ebk. ISBN 9781939709431. POL SCIRead more
The Economist - Books of the Year: The Tyranny of Silence: How One Cartoon Ignited a Global Debate on the Future of Free Speech
Politics and current affairs
“The culture editor of the Danish newspaper that published cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad in 2005 offers a personal account of the ensuing controversy and what it means for democracy.”
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“The culture editor of the Danish newspaper that published cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad in 2005 offers a personal account of the ensuing controversy and what it means for democracy.”
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