{"product_id":"salem-on-the-thames","title":"Salem on the Thames","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Richard Landes offers a sharply-drawn, no-holds-barred dissection of today''s campus politics at its worst. As a case study of the damage done to academic integrity by the intrusion of anti-Zionism into college life, his book is a must-read.\"  -Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies and Director, Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Indiana University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compelling volume focuses on the story of Andrew Pessin, a tenured philosophy professor at Connecticut College, who was accused by students and faculty of having “directly condoned the extermination of a people” based on a deliberate misreading of his 2015 Facebook post on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalem on the Thames\u003c\/i\u003e captures the events as they unfolded and discusses topics such as Western sentiments concerning Israeli-Palestinian relations, academics and free speech, antisemitism and diversity on the college campus, and social media and politics. The Pessin affair offers us a case study in a tendency towards “public shaming” reminiscent of the Salem witch trials that deeply compromises the integrity of academia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57484250022261,"sku":"9781644690994","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781644690994.jpg?v=1786266301","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/salem-on-the-thames","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}