Eric Berkowitz on Dangerous Ideas - Honest Offense 62

Eric Berkowitz is a writer, lawyer, and journalist. For more than 20 years, he practiced intellectual property and business litigation law in Los Angeles. He has published widely throughout his career, and his writing has appeared in periodicals such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Economist, the Los Angeles Times, and LA Weekly. His new book is “Dangerous Ideas: A Brief History of Censorship in the West, from the Ancients to Fake News.”

Dangerous Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Ideas-History-Censorship-Ancients/dp/0807036242

Eric Berkowitz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericberkowitz4
00:00 Introduction
01:00 The origins of the books
04:00 The definition of censorship
04:55 How authority tries to control the narrative
11:30 Does understanding history provide comfort?
14:30 Freedom of expression in ancient Athens
19:30 Damnatio memoriae and the erasure of history in Rome
23:00 Censorship and class struggle
30:30 Orwell and the Prevention of Literature
40:00 The power of social media platforms
46:30 Protection online privacy
50:00 Heroes of anti-censorship
58:20 Problems publishing Dangerous Ideas in Europe

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