A Brief History of Blasphemy: Liberalism, Censorship and The Satanic Verses by Richard Webster

A Brief History of Blasphemy: Liberalism, Censorship and The Satanic Verses

Richard Webster

152 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

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This study of the Rushdie affair surveys the history of blasphemy and goes on to examine in detail the conflict which arose over The Satanic Verses. What is revealed is not a battle between authoritarianism and freedom but a clash between two form...

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