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Benesch, Susan. "Charlie the Freethinker: Religion, Blasphemy, and Decent Controversy." Religion & Human Rights 10. (2015): 244–54. Added by: joachim (6/14/17, 8:50 AM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1163/18710328-12341291 BibTeX citation key: Benesch2015 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Charlie Hebdo", France, Kulturpolitik, Religion, Satire Creators: Benesch Collection: Religion & Human Rights |
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This comment examines the tension between freedom of expression and freedom of religion by embedding the Charlie Hebdo cartoons in a wider, century-old European tradition of publications mocking religion, including Christianity. It describes, and draws lessons from, the 19th century blasphemy case against the British Freethinker newspaper, whose “technique of offense” was similar to that of Charlie Hebdo. Finally, the comment tackles the problem of violent response to text or images that mock religion, pointing out that malicious intermediaries often carry such messages between social groups or across national borders—greatly escalating the risk of violence.
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