The Tyranny of Silence: How One Cartoon Ignited a Global Debate on the Future of Free Speech

✍ Scribed by Rose, Flemming

• Book ID: 108643222
• Publisher: Cato Institute
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 187 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781939709424

✦ Synopsis

Journalists face constant intimidation. Whether it takes the extreme form of beheadings, death threats, government censorship or simply political correctness--it casts a shadow over their ability to tell a story.

When the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published the cartoons of the prophet Muhammad nine years ago, Denmark found itself at the center of a global battle about the freedom of speech. The paper's culture editor, Flemming Rose, defended the decision to print the 12 drawings, and he quickly came to play a central part in the debate about the limitations to freedom of speech in the 21st century. In The Tyranny of Silence , Flemming Rose writes about the people and experiences that have influenced his understanding of the crisis, including meetings with dissidents from the former Soviet Union and ex-Muslims living in Europe. He provides a personal account of an event that has shaped the debate about what it means to be a citizen in a democracy and...