Dangerous Ideas: A Brief History of Censorship in the West, from the Ancients to Fake News

In this work the urge to censor is as old as the urge to speak. From the 1st Chinese emperor’s wholesale elimination of books to the Vatican’s suppression of pornography, right up to the attack on Charlie Hebdo and the advent of Internet troll armies in this century, words, images and ideas have always been hunted down by those trying to suppress them. In this compelling account, Eric Berkowitz reveals why and how humanity has, from the beginning, sought to silence itself. Ranging from the absurd.