Peter Ives is professor of political science at the University of Winnipeg. He is the author of Gramsci’s Politics of Language and Language and Hegemony in Gramsci, and co-editor of Gramsci, Language and Translation and Language Policy and Political Theory. He has published in Rethinking Marxism, Political Studies, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy and Language Policy. He researches and writes on the politics of “global English” and bridging the disciplines of language policy and political theory. He has contributed articles to The Conversation on free speech and academic freedom, was on the editorial board of Rethinking Marxism for a decade and was on the editorial collective of Arbeiter Ring Press for many years.
“This timely, important and accessible book offers both a scholarly overview of and a close critical engagement with freedom of expression, in a way that helps readers move past naïve, monolithic and dogmatic accounts. Ives pays particular attention to social media and the internet, and to differences between Canada and the U.S., making the book essential reading for Canadians in the digital age. It is also highly readable. Pick this book up, and you won’t put it down until you’re done!” - Dr. Shannon Dea, dean of arts and professor, department of philosophy and classics, University of Regina