The sudden assertion of human criteria within a dehumanising framework of political manipulation can be like a flash of lightning illuminating a dark landscape
Quote of the day
Email & RSSSign up to oD's editorial summaries email:
openDemocracy likes
NavigationThe World
Our writers |
 |
Lisa AppignanesiLisa Appignanesi is a novelist and writer. She is deputy president of English PEN and chair of its Free Expression is No Offence campaign. Recent articlesThe heart of Simone de Beauvoir Lisa Appignanesi explores the enigmatic appeal of the great French feminist writer. (This article was first published on 13 July 2005) Salman Rushdie's honourThe author of Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses deserves his mark of public esteem, says Lisa Appignanesi. A law to close mindsThe proposed British law against hatred on religious grounds will be used as a weapon of censorship, says Lisa Appignanesi. |
|
Elections |
