@incollection{Weber, author = {Weber, Karsten}, title = {Civil Society as a Means against Hate Speech}, series = {Crisis and critique: philosophical analysis and current events}, booktitle = {Crisis and critique: philosophical analysis and current events}, editor = {Siegetsleitner, Anne and Oberprantacher, Andreas and Frick, Marie-Luisa and Metschl, Ulrich}, publisher = {De Gruyter}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {9783110702255}, doi = {10.1515/9783110702255-012}, pages = {175 -- 188}, abstract = {On closer examination, the concept of civil society becomes blurred, for instance, on the crucial question of who belongs to civil society. The different answers to this question show how controversial the concept of civil society is, since it cannot be assumed that members of civil society would be morally particularly preferable actors. If, however, the conceptual foundations of and the question of membership in civil society already raise doubts about this concept, the recourse to civil society as a means against fake news and hate speech itself, which is often heard in public debates, becomes doubtful.}, subject = {Hassrede}, language = {en} }