Dimensions of Free Speech

Dr. Devrim Kabasakal Badamchi earned her bachelor’s degree from Ankara University in 2000, her master’s degree from Middle East Technical University in 2002 and her PhD from Luiss Guido Carli University in Italy in 2009. She held teaching and research positions in Turkey and England. Since July 2020, she is a lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Leiden University. Her research falls within the field of contemporary political theory with a focus on liberalism. She specializes in topics such as free speech, hate speech, toleration, multiculturalism and pluralism. Dr. Badamchi has published articles in various peer reviewed journals including Turkish Studies and Philosophy and Social Criticism.

• Chapter 1. Sceptic and Absolutist Views on Free Speech.- Chapter 2. Setting the Conceptual Ground.- Chapter 3. How to Justify Free Speech.- Chapter 4. Academic Freedom and Free Speech.- Chapter 5. Media Freedom, Free Speech and Regulation of Online Speech.- Chapter 6. Hate Speech and the Limits of Free Speech.