The Offensive Internet, a collection of powerful academic essays, weighs the case that the internet offends as much as it empowers
AN OLD saying has it that when one of China’s leaders, Zhou Enlai, was asked about the consequences of the French revolution, he replied it was too soon to tell. When it comes to the internet, you might think it equally wise to wait for the e-dust to settle. But since this revolution threatens (or promises) an unprecedented revision of the world, the drive to analysis is probably unstoppable.
Hence a slew of books due in the coming months,…
