A review by queergoth_reads
Erasing Palestine: Free Speech and Palestinian Freedom by Rebecca Ruth Gould

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

I think there were a lot of good things this book had to say but I feel like the final chapter was poorly thought through at points. There is a very strong tendency in academia to forget that work and words said in an academic context have real world consequences. What we do in universities does not happen in a vacuum and you cannot pretend it does. The arguments presented in this final chapter assume that all parties in the discussion are taking part in it with good faith which often isn't the case. It also feels like the author was saying people's human rights should be up for discussion in the name of academic freedom. Our academic freedom is significantly less important than someone's right to exist.