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Why Norman Geras’s essay ‘Our Morals’ should be essential reading for politics students – not a subversive threat
Politics students at the University of Reading were reportedly told to “take care” when reading an essay by the late political theorist, Norman Geras.
- Stephen De Wijze
- The Conversation
The Observer newspaper reported the students were warned about the essay – which was on their reading list – in order not to fall foul of Prevent, the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy.
I worked closely with Geras, who was a professor at the University of Manchester for most of his career.
The essay in question – “Our Morals: The Ethics of Revolution” – has a carefully circumscribed justification for political violence in the most extreme circumstances.
A spokesperson for the…