Issue No.
62
November 2012
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| Welcome to November’s review of books |
 Tim Black
In the past, the university was regarded as a bastion of free speech, where ideas could be openly discussed, no matter how contentious, in the name of testing them and developing our shared understanding of the world. But in recent decades, that belief in academic freedom has been undermined. In this month's spiked review of books, Greg Lukianoff tells me about his experience of fighting for the right to speak your mind on campus and why free speech matters so much. We also have Daniel Ben-Ami on why the rich are so obsessed with controlling the super-rich; Elisabetta Gasparoni on the future of Venice; Michael Fitzpatrick on Raymond Tallis and the way forward for humanism; Rob Lyons on the poverty of eco-living; and more. Enjoy! [Cover illustration by Jan Bowman.] |
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