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Stirring Up Hatred

Myth, Identity and Order in the Regulation of Hate Speech

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Authors:
  1. Jen Neller

    1. Manchester Law School, Manchester Metropolitan University, London, UK

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  • Shifts criminalization of hate speech to more nuanced discussions about national identity, security & order
  • Positions language within the field of myth-making
  • Challenges current and the future political discourse on matters of identity

Part of the book series: Palgrave Hate Studies (PAHS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Jen Neller
    Pages 1-39

  3. Myth, Identity, Order

    • Jen Neller
    Pages 41-82

  4. Peace and Liberty: Public Order Act 1936

    • Jen Neller
    Pages 83-114

  5. Race and Order: Public Order Act 1963 and Race Relations Acts 1965 and 1976

    • Jen Neller
    Pages 115-153

  6. Class and Control: Public Order Act 1986

    • Jen Neller
    Pages 155-192

  7. Being and Believing: Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006

    • Jen Neller
    Pages 193-224

  8. Progress and Tradition: Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008

    • Jen Neller
    Pages 225-255

  9. Decoloniality and Deneoliberality: A Six-Point Toolkit

    • Jen Neller
    Pages 257-284

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 285-302
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About this book

This book critically examines the development of the ‘stirring up hatred’ offences which are currently found within the UK’s Public Order Act 1986. Through a critical discourse analysis of key excerpts of parliamentary Hansard, the book constructs a detailed genealogy of the offences from the perspectives that shaped them. A novel application of theory on 'myth' is used to navigate the complex arguments and to trace ideas about identity and order across parliamentary debates, from fears of Fascism in the 1930s to condemnations of homophobia in the early 21st century. The story of the stirring up hatred offences told in this book therefore extends far beyond the traditional frame of a dilemma between regulating hate speech and safeguarding free speech: it is inextricably entwined with myths about law, race and national identity, and speaks to wider themes of coloniality, neoliberalism, white entitlement, British-Christian exceptionalism and the innocence of law. Writtenin an accessible and engaging style, this book challenges a wide range of assumptions about hate speech law and raises a series of considerations for developing forms of accountability that are less complicit in the harms that they are supposed to redress.

Reviews

“Stirring up Hatred is an essential read for anyone that engages with the complex and contested field of ‘hate speech’. Neller’s book explores a history of the present of that field of activism, politics and law by way of an analysis of the ever-shifting ways of making sense of threats to good order. She pursues this project by way of the idiosyncrasies of the English law reforms. But her approach and analysis have significance way beyond that jurisdiction. This is a pioneering study that challenges all who engage in the field of hate speech. By confronting and questioning approaches to ‘hate speech’ this book opens up the possibility of thinking otherwise about this social problem in order to better promote a safer, more inclusive and just society.” (Leslie J Moran is Emeritus Professor School of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Manchester Law School, Manchester Metropolitan University, London, UK

    Jen Neller

About the author

Jen Neller is Lecturer in Law at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, where she teaches Public Law and research methods. She is a co-author of the last two editions of Pearson’s Law of the European Union textbook and has published in Critical Discourse Studies and the International Journal of Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. Jen obtained a PhD in law from Birkbeck University of London in 2020.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Stirring Up Hatred

  • Book Subtitle: Myth, Identity and Order in the Regulation of Hate Speech

  • Authors: Jen Neller

  • Series Title: Palgrave Hate Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19242-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-19241-8Published: 04 December 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-19244-9Published: 04 December 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-19242-5Published: 03 December 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2947-6364

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-6372

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 302

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Critical Criminology, Human Rights, Political Sociology, Socio-legal Studies, Public Law, Political Science

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