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Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and Its Threat to Democracy

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Exposing hate spin's threat to global democracies.

If you're seeking to understand the complex maneuvers behind cultural and religious conflicts in modern politics, "Hate Spin" is a must-read. Cherian George artfully dissects the insidious strategies employed by political opportunists to exploit religious sentiments. The book isn't just informative; it's a call to action for anyone who values democracy and the importance of protecting it from those who would manipulate it for their ends.

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Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and Its Threat to Democracy

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ISBN: 9780262035309
Authors: Cherian George
Publisher: The MIT Press
Date of Publication: 2016-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Religion, Politics, Law
Goodreads rating: 4.25
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How right-wing political entrepreneurs around the world use religious offense—both given and taken—to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents. In the United States, elements of the religious right fuel fears of an existential Islamic threat, spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric into mainstream politics. In Indonesia, Muslim absolutists urge suppression of churches and minority sects, fostering a climate of rising intolerance. In India, Narendra Modi's radical supporters instigate communal riots and academic censorship in pursuit of their Hindu nationalist vision. Outbreaks of religious intolerance are usually assumed to be visceral and spontaneous. But in Hate Spin, Cherian George shows that they often involve sophisticated campaigns manufactured by political opportunists to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents. Right-wing networks orchestrate the giving of offense and the taking of offense as instruments of identity politics, exploiting democratic space to promote agendas that undermine democratic values. George calls this strategy “hate spin”—a double-sided technique that combines hate speech (incitement through vilification) with manufactured offense-taking (the performing of righteous indignation). It is deployed in societies as diverse as Buddhist Myanmar and Orthodox Christian Russia. George looks at the world's three largest democracies, where intolerant groups within India's Hindu right, America's Christian right, and Indonesia's Muslim right are all accomplished users of hate spin. He also shows how the Internet and Google have opened up new opportunities for cross-border hate spin. George argues that
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Exposing hate spin's threat to global democracies.

If you're seeking to understand the complex maneuvers behind cultural and religious conflicts in modern politics, "Hate Spin" is a must-read. Cherian George artfully dissects the insidious strategies employed by political opportunists to exploit religious sentiments. The book isn't just informative; it's a call to action for anyone who values democracy and the importance of protecting it from those who would manipulate it for their ends.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.