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After Charlie Hebdo: Terror, Racism and Free Speech
As the world looked on in horror at the Paris terror attacks of January and November 2015, France found itself at the centre of a war that has split across nations and continents. The attacks set in motion a steady creep towards ever more repressive state surveillance, and have fuelled the resurgence of the far right across Europe and beyond, while leaving the left dangerously divided. These developments raise profound questions about a number of issues central to contemporary debates, including the nature of national identity, the limits to freedom of speech, and the role of both traditional and social media.
After Charlie Hebdo brings together an international range of scholars to assess the social and political impact of the Paris attacks in Europe and beyond. Cutting through the hysteria that has characterised so much of the initial commentary, it seeks to place these events in their wider global context, untangling the complex symbolic web woven around 'Charlie Hebdo' to pose the fundamental question - how best to combat racism in our supposedly 'post-racial' age?
After Charlie Hebdo brings together an international range of scholars to assess the social and political impact of the Paris attacks in Europe and beyond. Cutting through the hysteria that has characterised so much of the initial commentary, it seeks to place these events in their wider global context, untangling the complex symbolic web woven around 'Charlie Hebdo' to pose the fundamental question - how best to combat racism in our supposedly 'post-racial' age?
328 pages, Hardcover
First published December 15, 2017
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January 8, 2021
Not recommandable.
It is clearly a book written by the left and edited by an editor from the left. Everything is racist and the authors clearly Don’t Seem to see themselves that it makes the book difficult to read. The credibility of the book is low
It is clearly a book written by the left and edited by an editor from the left. Everything is racist and the authors clearly Don’t Seem to see themselves that it makes the book difficult to read. The credibility of the book is low
April 27, 2019
The overall quality of the texts collected in this work is very low. One thing that comes popping out is that the magazine and the phenomenon are named the same. Sometimes one has quotes and the other one is in italics.
Maybe it's a result of stupidity. Maybe it's plain brown nosing, but the writers seem incapable to remark that the politicians are spitting keywords, terms that are crafted to generate emotion, what the Americans call dog whistling.
Also the texts abound in subtle mistakes, maybe put there on intention. It is not the Front National aligning with the mainstream. It is the mainstream founding a way to be both politically correct and exposing the Front National ideals, thus taking the runaway votes back. At the same time it's a much expected moment to enlarge the government and give it more power. It is simply two birds with one stone : both scapegoating and whitewashing. Why are the Jews migrating to Israel? Because of the undesirable migration from Maghreb?
Or talking about the "fall" of the political party. First, the elections show that most of the public asks for the old, established parties. Second, it's about decades of "we know better than the rabble". Sarkozy is not elected because he is anti-establishment. He IS the establishment. And he gets elected because the counter-offer is Royal, somebody without a personality, who built an entire presidential campaign on "I will not do what he says he will do".
Maybe it's a result of stupidity. Maybe it's plain brown nosing, but the writers seem incapable to remark that the politicians are spitting keywords, terms that are crafted to generate emotion, what the Americans call dog whistling.
Also the texts abound in subtle mistakes, maybe put there on intention. It is not the Front National aligning with the mainstream. It is the mainstream founding a way to be both politically correct and exposing the Front National ideals, thus taking the runaway votes back. At the same time it's a much expected moment to enlarge the government and give it more power. It is simply two birds with one stone : both scapegoating and whitewashing. Why are the Jews migrating to Israel? Because of the undesirable migration from Maghreb?
Or talking about the "fall" of the political party. First, the elections show that most of the public asks for the old, established parties. Second, it's about decades of "we know better than the rabble". Sarkozy is not elected because he is anti-establishment. He IS the establishment. And he gets elected because the counter-offer is Royal, somebody without a personality, who built an entire presidential campaign on "I will not do what he says he will do".
February 17, 2021
The book is filled with excellent essays by some of the world's leading specialists. I recommend it to anyone working on the contemporary French context
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