Salem on the Thames: Moral Panic, Anti-Zionism, and the Triumph of Hate Speech at Connecticut College

This compelling volume focuses on the story of Andrew Pessin, a tenured philosophy professor at Connecticut College, who was accused by students and faculty of having “directly condoned the extermination of a people” based on a deliberate misreading of his 2015 Facebook post on the Israeli-Palestinian conict.

Author: Richard Landes
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Published: 04/07/2020
Pages: 218
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d
ISBN13: 9781644690994
ISBN10: 1644690993
BISAC Categories:
– Religion | Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict
– History | United States | 21st Century
– Religion | Judaism | History

About the Author
Richard Landes trained as a medieval historian. He specializes in messianic and apocalyptic movements, as well as shame-honor cultures and the impact of literacy on their dynamics. He has recently completed a history of the opening years of the twenty-first century, as a turning point in relations between two millennial movements: global Jihad and post-modern progressivism.