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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/31584| Title: | The Hegemony of Free Speech |
| Authors: | Roberts, JM |
| Issue Date: | 16-Jul-2025 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Citation: | Roberts, J.M. (2025) 'The Hegemony of Free Speech', Dialogues in Sociology, 1 (2), pp. 165 - 169. doi: 10.1177/29768667251357798. |
| Abstract: | Sari Hanafi has written a scolding piece against a so-called crisis of free speech in society and, specifically, in universities. In this response, I comment critically on how Hanafi employs Symbolic Liberalism, cancel culture and identity politics to explore this ostensible free speech tragedy. I conclude by suggesting that free speech is always part of broader battles around hegemony in society, but not in ways often argued for by Hanafi. |
| Description: | Forum response -- commentary. |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/31584 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/29768667251357798 |
| Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: John Michael Roberts https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3288-9505 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers |
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