Hate Politics Law

References to hate have become ubiquitous in the modern response to group defamation and violence in liberal democracies. Whether expressed in speech acted out in criminal conduct or seen as the fuel of terror and extremism hate is persistently considered a vice an evil and a threat to the modern liberal democracy. But what exactly is at stake when societies oppose hate? <p/>In <em>Hate Politics Law: Critical Perspectives on Combating Hate</em> Thomas Brudholm and Birgitte Schepelern Johansen have gathered a group of distinguished scholars who offer a critical exploration and assessment of the basic assumptions ideals and agendas behind the modern fight against hate. They explore these issues and provide a range of explanatory and normative perspectives on the awkward relationship between hate and liberal democracy as expressed for example through anti-hate speech and anti-hate crime initiatives. The volume further examines the presuppositions and ideological roots of fighting hate as well as its blind spots and limits. It also includes discussions on the definition and meaning of hate the longer and broader history of the concept of hate and when and why fighting hatred became politically salient. While most research on hate crime is written and published in order to prevent and combat hate <em>Hate Politics Law </em> takes a much-needed theoretical historical and exploratory approach to hatred.<br>