Blasphemies compared : transgressive speech in a globalised world /: transgressive speech in a globalised world. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Anne Stensvold.
• Editors: Stensvold, Anne, 1956-
• Contents: Introduction PART I Background - Theoretical reflections and historical discussions 1 Blasphemies compared. An overview Anne Stensvold 2 The Sacred and the secular. Olivier Roy 3 Destruction. Distortion. Distraction. Three theoretical perspectives on blasphemy Jane Skjoldli 4 Blasphemy as Transgressive Speech, a natural history Gabriel Levy 5 Defining Blasphemy in Medieval Europe: Christian Theology, Law, and Practice Martha Newman . 6 Blasphemy through British (post) colonial eyes. The Indian Criminal Code: from a history of sustained paternalism to the genesis of hate crime. David Nash 7 From ‘blasphemy’ to ‘hate speech’: changing perceptions of ‘insulting god’. Free speech or blasphemy laws –contemporary European debates. Jeffrey Haynes 8 Blasphemy in Islamic tradition. Christian Moe 9 The OIC and the United Nations: Framing Blasphemy as a Human Rights Violation. Heini ì Skorini PART II Case studies 10 Blasphemy and the cultivation of religious sensibilities in post-2011 Egypt). Monika Lindbekk and Bassam Bahgat 11 The Hindus on trial. Blasphemy charges and the study of Hinduism. Clemens Cavallin 12 How blasphemy became an anachronism. Free thought and the media market in late nineteenth-century Scandinavia. Dirk Johannsen 13 The state and the construction of the ‘blasphemer’ in Bangladesh. Mubashar Hasan and Arild Engelsen Ruud 14 The Politics of Blasphemy in Indonesia. Cecilie Endresen and Carool Kersten 15 Buddha, monks and the minor role of blasphemy within the economy of indignation in Sri Lanka. Michael Hertzberg 16 Blasphemy and Images: Depiction and representation in Islamic Texts and Practices. Two Muslim cases. Ingvild Flaskerud 17 From Pussy Riot’s Punk-Prayer to Matilda: Orthodox Believers, Critique and Religious Freedom in Russia. Dmitry Uzlaner and Kristina Stöckl 18 Concluding remarks. Anne Stensvold
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 205.695; Blasphemy; Freedom of speech -- Religious aspects; Libel and slander -- Religious aspects; Libel and slander -- Political aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000291889; 9781000291865; 9781000291872; 9780429295560
• Related ISBNs: 9780367254223
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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