Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech

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Why free speech is the lifeblood of colleges and universities Free speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, with critics on and off campus challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate. Too often speakers are shouted down, professors are threatened, and classes are disrupted. In Speak Freely, Keith

Keith E. Whittington is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University and a leading authority on American constitutional theory and law.

"Winner of the 2019 PROSE Award in Education (Practice and Theory), Association of American Publishers" "Involve[s] readers in the pleasures of confronting a difficult problem, treating the dangerous views of determined adversaries with an open mind and proceeding with greater confidence as a result. This summer, Speak Freely will be distributed to every Princeton freshman for consideration and discussion. That's a start."---Jonathan Marks, Wall Street Journal "A fresh foray into the campus culture wars."---Robert Simpson, Times Literary Supplement "A timely defense of intellectual debate and critical thinking. . . . In the current divisive political climate, Whittington shows why safeguarding the civil exchange of diverse ideas is an urgent need." * Kirkus * "[A] sophisticated and coolheaded defense of free speech."---Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics "[Keith Whittington's] book provides a cogent and compelling analysis of the 'troubling currents swirling through college campuses'. . . . Speak Freely supplies clarity and good sense to a subject that has been receiving a lot more heat than light. . . . Mr. Whittington adds a timely plea to every American, inside and outside of the academy, to give more attention and support to the foundational principles of teaching and research."---Glenn C. Altschuler, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Keith E. Whittington has written the best of the recent books on free speech and higher education."---James Stoner, Law and Liberty "This is an important and robust book." * Paradigm Explorer *