Articles of Faith: Freedom of Expression and Religious Freedom in Contemporary Multiculture

This article examines the relationship between freedom of religion and freedom of speech and expression within contemporary multicultural liberal democracies. These two fundamental human rights have increasingly been seen, in public and political discourse, in terms of tension if not outright opposition, a view reinforced by the Charlie Hebdo killings in January 2015. And yet in every human rights charter they are proximate to one another. This essay argues that this adjacency is not coincidental, that it has a history and that, in illuminating this history, it is possible to explore how the contemporary framing of these two rights as being in opposition has come about. Looking back to the framing of the First Amendment of the US Constitution, the essay offers an historical perspective that, in turn, facilitates a reappraisal and re-evaluation of these two liberties that is the necessary, albeit insufficient, predicate to the task of addressing the problematic of multicultural ‘crisis' in the contemporary liberal democracies of Western Europe, North America and Australasia, in which the presence of certain religious communities (Muslims, in particular) and the role of religion in public and political life more generally (and, conversely, of secularism) has assumed a central importance

Winning Arguments: What Works and Doesn’t Work in Politics, the Bedroom, the Courtroom and the Classroom

A lively and accessible guide to understanding rhetoric by the world class English and Law professor and bestselling author of How to Write a Sentence. Filled with the wit and observational prowess that shaped Stanley Fish’s acclaimed bestseller How to Write a Sentence, Winning Arguments guides readers through the “greatest hits” of rhetoric. In this clever and engaging guide, Fish offers insight and outlines the crucial keys you need to win any debate, anywhere, anytime—drawn from landmark legal cases, politics, his own career, and even popular film and television. A celebration of clashing minds and viewpoints, Winning Arguments is sure to become a classic.https://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/faculty_books/1008/thumbnail.jp

Versions of academic freedom : from professionalism to revolution /

Index.Bibliographie : pages 151-156Academic freedom studies : the five schools -- The "It's just a job" school : professionalism, pure and simple -- The "For the common good" school : academic freedom, shared governance, and democracy -- Professionalism vs. critique : the post-Butler debates -- Academic exceptionalism and public employee law -- Virtue before professionalism : the road to revolution -- Coda

JAC Audio Interview: Stanley Fish

JAC interview of Stanley Fish discussing writing, philosophy, and rhetori