On Cancel Culture. From Judging to Lynching: Repressions and Discriminations in the Name of Morality
From the claim to erase authors and books from the literary canons to accusations of cultural appropriation, from the demolition of statues to accusations of Islamophobia, under the label “cancel culture” very different phenomena are grouped together that instead must be kept distinct. And within each case we must also separate the grain of the request for recognition of groups systematically discriminated against from the chaff of unacceptable censorship.