{"product_id":"9781529935714","title":"Is Free Speech Under Threat?","description":"Author: Riley, Charlotte Lydia\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529935714\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo concise, authoritative, opposing views on the question at the heart of the culture wars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo leading thinkers present alternative answers to one of the most difficult and divisive questions of our times- \u003ci\u003eIs free speech under threat?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, the leading free expression organisation, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Lydia Riley, historian of empire and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Free Speech Wars, \u003c\/i\u003eargues that accusations of cancel culture and defences 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished 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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46727066779806,"sku":"UBD-9781529935714","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529935714.jpg?v=1776492320","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529935714","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}