![]() ![]() Constitution and applied to the states by the due-process clause of the 14th Amendment, Mchangama’s book focuses particularly on freedom of speech and press, while broadening its lens to examine freedom of speech in ancient Athens and Rome, developments in Europe, highlights from Islamic history, that of India, and many other nations. Whereas Americans rightfully think of free speech as one of five primary rights guaranteed in the First Amendment to the U.S. Mchangama is the founder and director of Justitia, a think-tank in Denmark, and hosts the podcast “Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech.” He was a Marshal Memorial Fellow and a visiting fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and has written numerous articles on freedom of speech. It also qualifies as among “the best defense of free speech ever made.” O’Rourke’s assessment that Mchangama’s book is “the best history of free speech ever written” is accurate, but it is certainly among the best. ![]() ![]() I am usually skeptical of endorsements printed on the back jacket of a book, and, not having read all the books ever written on free speech, I cannot say for certain that the late P.J. Review of Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media, by Jacob Mchangama (2022). ![]()
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