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"I find that offensive!"
- Title
- "I find that offensive!" / Claire Fox.
- Author
- Fox, Claire
- Publication
- London : Biteback Publishing, 2016.
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 179 pages; 19 cm
- Summary
- "When you hear that now ubiquitous phrase 'I find that offensive', you know you're being told to shut up. While the terrible murder of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists demonstrated that those who offend can face the most brutal form of censorship, it also served only to intensify the pre-existing climate that dictates we all have to walk on eggshells to avoid saying anything offensive -- or else. Indeed, competitive offence-claiming is ratcheting up well beyond religious sensibilities. So, while Islamists and feminists may seem to have little in common, they are both united in demanding retribution in the form of bans, penalties and censorship of those who hurt their feelings. But how did we become so thin-skinned? In 'I Find That Offensive!' Claire Fox addresses the possible causes of what is fast becoming known as 'Generation Snowflake' head-on (no 'safe spaces' here) in a call to toughen up, become more robust and make a virtue of the right to be offensive." -- Publisher's description
- Series Statement
- Provocations
- Uniform Title
- Provocations (London, England)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Prologue: a tale of two schools -- Part I: 'You can't say that'--walking on eggshells -- Part II: Creating the snowflake generation -- Part III: Letter to a generation.
- Call Number
- JFC 17-242
- ISBN
- 1849549818
- 9781849549813
- OCLC
- 945979968
- Author
- Fox, Claire, author.
- Title
- "I find that offensive!" / Claire Fox.
- Publisher
- London : Biteback Publishing, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- ProvocationsProvocations (London, England)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Research Call Number
- JFC 17-242