Salman Rushdie’s Blasphemy Case, Shakespeare, Freud, and More

Blasphemy seems like an anachronistic offense. But Rushdie’s case is thoroughly modern.

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Blasphemy seems like an anachronistic offense. But Salman Rushdie’s case is thoroughly modern... more »