Reason, Carnival and Honour: An Anthropology of Free Speech

What does free speech really mean? How does our understanding of it differ around the world? Why does it divide us - and how can we find common ground?

What free speech really means is hotly contested. Is it increasingly under attack in our democracies, or is it being weaponized by the powerful? These debates don't just happen in the news: they divide families, strain relationships. This is because, anthropologist Matei Candea shows, arguments about free speech are not just about abstract pr...