Salem on the Thames : Moral Panic, Anti-Zionism, and the Triumph of Hate Speech at Connecticut College
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| Title: | Salem on the Thames : Moral Panic, Anti-Zionism, and the Triumph of Hate Speech at Connecticut College |
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| Description: | This compelling volume focuses on the story of Andrew Pessin, a tenured philosophy professor at Connecticut College, who was accused by students and faculty of having “directly condoned the extermination of a people” based on a deliberate misreading of his 2015 Facebook post on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Salem on the Thames captures the events as they unfolded and discusses topics such as Western sentiments concerning Israeli-Palestinian relations, academics and free speech, antisemitism and diversity on the college campus, and social media and politics. The Pessin affair offers us a case study in a tendency towards “public shaming” reminiscent of the Salem witch trials that deeply compromises the integrity of academia. |
| Authors: | Richard Landes |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Zionism--United States--Public opinion, Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States, Hate speech--United States |
| Categories: | RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, RELIGION / Judaism / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This compelling volume focuses on the story of Andrew Pessin, a tenured philosophy professor at Connecticut College, who was accused by students and faculty of having “directly condoned the extermination of a people” based on a deliberate misreading of his 2015 Facebook post on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Salem on the Thames captures the events as they unfolded and discusses topics such as Western sentiments concerning Israeli-Palestinian relations, academics and free speech, antisemitism and diversity on the college campus, and social media and politics. The Pessin affair offers us a case study in a tendency towards “public shaming” reminiscent of the Salem witch trials that deeply compromises the integrity of academia. |
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| ISBN: | 9781644690987 9781644690994 9781644691007 9781644693704 |
