Speaking Hatefully: Culture, Communication, and Political Action in Hungary

by David Boromisza-Habashi

Book Overview

In Speaking Hatefully, David Boromisza-Habashi focuses on the use of the term "hate speech" as a window on the cultural logic of political and moral struggle in public deliberation. This empirical study of gyűl?letbesz?d, or "hate speech," in Hungary documents competing meanings of the term, the interpretive strategies used to generate those competing meanings, and the parallel moral systems that inspire political actors to question...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271056371
• ISBN13: 9780271056371
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"