Destructive Messages : : How Hate Speech Paves the Way For Harmful Social Movements / / Alexander Tsesis.
Destructive Messages argues that hate speech is dangerous not only when it poses an immediate threat of harm. It is also dangerous when it is systematically developed over time, becoming part of a culturally acceptable dialogue which can foster the persecution of minorities.Tsesis traces a causal li...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2002] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical America ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Historical Lessons about the Dangers of Hate Speech
- 2 The Heart of German Anti-Semitism
- 3 Endearing Racism in American Minds
- 4 The Politics of Savagery and Indian Removal
- 5 A Glance at Contemporary Hate Speech
- Part II Hate Propaganda’s Socially Destructive Force
- 6 The Social Psychology of Scapegoating
- 7 Spreading Group Hatred
- Part III Legal Response to Hate Speech
- 8 United States Jurisprudence
- 9 Reconsidering Supreme Court Precedents
- 10 Out of the Quagmire
- 11 Destructive Messages’ Threat to Justice and Equality
- 12 But Will It Work? Regulation of Hate Propaganda in Other Countries
- 13 Regulating Hate Speech
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author