It's often said that the pen is mightier than the sword, and throughout history there are books that have been considered too dangerous to be read.
In this episode, we'll take a look at the times when governments have banned books, the reasons for this, and ask ourselves what this tells us about society.
- What's the link between The Bible, William Shakespeare, Harry Potter, The Quotations of Chairman Mao and Mickey Mouse?
- What does "banning" actually mean?
- Correlation between banning books and restricting civil liberties
- “….where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.“
- The invention of the Gutenberg Printing Press
- Indulgences of the Catholic Church
- Growth of printing (and importance of censorship)
- Reasons for banning books: political, sexual, moral & religious
- The banning of Mein Kampf
- The trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover
- What banning books does for book sales
- The debate around The Catcher in the Rye
- Religious bans & The Satanic Verses
- Banning books in 2021
Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/banned-books
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