{"id":5314,"date":"2019-03-29T10:57:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=5314"},"modified":"2020-07-14T16:09:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T20:09:13","slug":"sir-salman-rushdie-explores-free-speech-civility-in-2019-kenan-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/03\/sir-salman-rushdie-explores-free-speech-civility-in-2019-kenan-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Salman Rushdie explores free speech, civility in 2019 Kenan Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/salman1-2-810x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5320\" width=\"410\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/salman1-2-810x591.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/salman1-2-350x255.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/salman1-2-730x533.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/salman1-2-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/salman1-2-1536x1121.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/salman1-2-2048x1495.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/salman1-2-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Acclaimed author Sir Salman Rushdie presented the 2019 Kenan\nLecture Wednesday night in front of a sold-out crowd in Transylvania\u2019s Haggin\nAuditorium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on this year\u2019s campus theme of \u201cOn Civility,\u201d Rushdie stressed the importance of sharing ideas, fighting for free speech, arguing respectfully and standing up to hatred as the world navigates a particularly uncivil time in its history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am a language person\u2014words are my only tools,\u201d he said.\n\u201cSo I firmly believe we need to talk to one another across the various divides\nto get better at doing it than we have been of late\u2014to say our piece and hear\nothers say theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to effectively share and debate, Rushdie said, our\nsociety must develop a \u201cthicker skin,\u201d with which we become unafraid to hear differing\nopinions and recognize the value of speech and debate. He recounted a story of\nbeing portrayed in a film as a monstrous villain, gleefully torturing his\nvictims. The depiction was so slanderous that the British Board of Film\nClassification considered banning the release of the film for fear that Rushdie\nwould sue for libel. Instead, Rushdie wrote a letter to the BBFC giving up his\nright to legal recourse, believing that the freedom to make the film was more\nimportant than the attacks against his character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the lively, provocative and often humorous\npresentation, Rushdie lamented the societal divisions in America and abroad, noting\nthat both sides of the aisle have played a role in stifling progress toward\nunderstanding and unification. But the writer remained hopeful that we can\novercome our differences not just through political debate, but also through\nliterature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe that literature, the art of the novel, has as its\nsubject that great constant\u2014human nature, what we have in common,\u201d he said.\n\u201cLiterature shows us that we are far more alike than we allow ourselves to\nthink. We have the same needs, the same hopes, the same weaknesses and\nstrengths. Literature has always known this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe may yet find our way back to one another and reestablish\nthe common ground on which a stable civil society must stand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rushdie\u2019s novels include \u201cThe Satanic Verses,&#8221; \u201cThe Moor\u2019s Last Sigh\u201d and Booker Award-winner \u201cMidnight\u2019s Children.\u201d He has won a number of literary prizes and received a Queen\u2019s Knighthood for his contributions to literature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The William R. 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Reflecting on this year\u2019s campus theme of \u201cOn Civility,\u201d Rushdie stressed the importance of sharing ideas, fighting for free speech, arguing respectfully and standing up to hatred as the world navigates a particularly uncivil time in its history. \u201cI am a language person\u2014words are my only tools,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I firmly believe we need to talk to one another across the various divides to get better at doing it than we have been of late\u2014to say our piece and hear others say theirs.\u201d In order to effectively share and debate, Rushdie said, our society must develop a \u201cthicker skin,\u201d with which we become unafraid to hear differing opinions and recognize the value of speech and debate. He recounted a story of being portrayed in a film as a monstrous villain, gleefully torturing his victims. The depiction was so slanderous that the British Board of Film Classification considered banning the release of the film for fear that Rushdie would sue for libel. Instead, Rushdie wrote a letter to the BBFC giving up his right to legal recourse, believing that the freedom to make the film was more important than the attacks against his character. Throughout the lively, provocative and often humorous presentation, Rushdie lamented the societal divisions in America and abroad, noting that both sides of the aisle<\/p>\n<p class=\"continueLink\"><a class=\"btn btn-info\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/03\/sir-salman-rushdie-explores-free-speech-civility-in-2019-kenan-lecture\/\">Read &ldquo;Sir Salman Rushdie explores free speech, civility in 2019 Kenan Lecture&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"feeds":[],"class_list":["post-5314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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