Full Description
Completed shortly before Hamas carried out its barbaric October massacre, Hate Speech and Academic Freedom takes up issues that have consequently gained new urgency in the academy worldwide. It is the first book to ask what impact antisemitism has had on the fundamental principles the academy relies on for its identity—academic freedom, free speech rights, standards for hiring or firing faculty members and administrators, and the ethics of academic conduct and debate. Antisemitic hatred is spreading at a fever pitch. What steps can counter it? What damage to students is done when departments embrace anti-Zionism? Should faculty members face consequences for promoting antisemitism on social media? Should universities make a new push to adopt the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism?
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Does Academic Freedom Protect Antisemitism?
Social Media, Anti-Zionism, and the End of Academic Freedom
Academic Freedom and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Is BDS Antisemitic?
The "Word Crimes" Debate: Assaulting Civility and Academic Freedom
Secular Versus Religious Anti-Zionism
The Valentina Azarova File: Should a University Hire an Anti-Zionist as a Senior Administrator?
Adopted but under Assault: The Status Of The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
Antisemitism and the IHRA Working Definition at University College London
Conclusion: Augmented Debate
References
Notes
Index
About the Author
