{"product_id":"reason-carnival-and-honour-an-anthropology-of-free-speech","title":"Reason, Carnival and Honour: An Anthropology of Free Speech","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Pelican Book — an anthropologist's eye on the most contested idea of our time: free speech.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone is arguing about free speech. Almost no one stops to ask what kind of thing “speaking freely” actually is — and how differently it has been practised across human societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eReason, Carnival and Honour\u003c\/em\u003e, Cambridge anthropologist Matei Candea steps back from the shouting to examine free speech as humans actually live it. The title names three great traditions the book explores: speech as reasoned debate among equals; speech as carnival — licensed mockery, satire and the permission to offend; and speech as a matter of honour, courage and standing. Ranging across cultures and history, Candea shows that our current battles look different — and more navigable — once we see how many ways there are to speak freely, and what each tradition protects and risks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the classic Pelican tradition: a serious idea, made genuinely accessible, in a beautifully produced hardback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePerfect for readers of\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePelican Books, Timothy Garton Ash's \u003cem\u003eFree Speech\u003c\/em\u003e, David Graeber, and anyone who has ever left an argument about “cancel culture” wanting light instead of heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatei Candea\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pelican (Penguin)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52050004705496,"sku":"9780241711255","price":1499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9780241711255.jpg?v=1785271276","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/reason-carnival-and-honour-an-anthropology-of-free-speech","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}