ABOUT THE BOOK
When Danish paper
Jyllands-Posten published the cartoons of the prophet
Mohammed five years ago, Denmark found itself at the center of a
global battle about the freedom of speech.
The paper's culture editor
Flemming Rose defended the decision to print the 12 drawings while
the world went up in flames, and quickly he came to play a central
part in the debate about the limitations to freedom of speech in
the 21st century.
For the past few years,
Rose has visited universities and think-tanks and participated in
conferences and debates all around the globe in order to discuss
tolerance and freedom. In The Tyranny of Silence Flemming
Rose writes about people and experiences that have influenced the
way he views the world and his understanding of the crisis; he
writes about meetings with dissidents from the former Soviet Union
as well as ex-Muslims living in Europe. He provides a personal
account of an event that has shaped the debate about what it means
to be a citizen in a democracy and how to co-exist in a world that
is increasingly multicultural, multi-religious and
multi-ethnic.
THE AUTHOR
Flemming Rose is M.A.,
journalist and culture editor at Danish paper
Jyllands-Posten. After 14 years of working as a foreign
correspondent in Russia and the USA, he returned home to Denmark in
2004 to pursue a more stable life.
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