Risking Freedom for Freedom. How Book Burnings Threaten the Democratic Society

Abstract

Abstract

You burn me and I burn you. Does the right to free speech encompass a right to burn a book? The essay shows why democratic societies should censor libricide in order to protect genuinely free speech, and why that is not a contradiction once we understand the true nature, strategy and immoral power of book burnings.

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Bibliographie: Pohl, Jan Niklas: Risking Freedom for Freedom. How Book Burnings Threaten the Democratic Society, 360°, 2-2014, S. 83-90. https://doi.org/10.3224/360grad.v9i2.22025