Books by Timothy Garton Ash
Timothy Garton Ash is Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford and Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, where he is also director of Free Speech Debate, a global research project of the Dahrendorf Programme for the Study of Freedom. You can click on a country to see what’s going on there in terms of free speech here.
In addition, he is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
“First published in 2016, but getting more relevant every day, Timothy Garton Ash’s Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World is the best book I’ve read on the topic by far, written with great elegance, and filled with fascinating examples. If you want to know why Trump’s attacks on the press are so damaging to democracy, or think more clearly about tensions between freedom of speech and national security, this is the place to begin.” Read more...
Summer Reading: Philosophy Books
Nigel Warburton, Philosopher
Interviews with Timothy Garton Ash
The best books on Free Speech, recommended by Timothy Garton Ash
Free speech is the bedrock of a healthy society, but how do we deal with the torrents of horrible comments—and worse—we see on the internet every day? Timothy Garton Ash, author of Free Speech: Ten Principles for A Connected World, outlines a plan for navigating the complexities and recommends the best books to help us think about free speech.
The best books on The History of the Present, recommended by Timothy Garton Ash
Historian and journalist Timothy Garton Ash describes the “mongrel genre” between reportage and scholarship and says using the historian’s tools to analyse the present is a vital undertaking
Interviews where books by Timothy Garton Ash were recommended
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The Meaning of Travel: Philosophers Abroad
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Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed
by Lisa Duggan -
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How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy
by Daniel Kaufman, Massimo Pigliucci & Skye C Cleary -
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Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World
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The Plague
by Albert Camus
Summer Reading: Philosophy Books, recommended by Nigel Warburton
Summer Reading: Philosophy Books, recommended by Nigel Warburton
From reflections on travel and searching for a personal philosophy to live by, to books on important aspects of democracy and contagious diseases, here’s British philosopher Nigel Warburton’s 2020 summer reading list. All the books you need to keep you thinking over the summer, whatever it may hold and wherever you may be.
