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Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - And Why this Harms Everybody

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - And Why this Harms Everybody

Contributors:

By (Author) Helen Pluckrose
By (author) James Lindsay

ISBN:

9781800750326

Publisher:

Swift Press

Imprint:

Swift Press

Publication Date:

20th July 2021

UK Publication Date:

10th May 2021

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

306.0904

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

352

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm

Description

Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only white people can be racist Are you confused by these ideas, and do you wonder how they have managed so quickly to challenge the very logic of Western society

Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay document the evolution of the dogma behind these ideas, from its origins in French postmodernism to its refinement within activist academic fields. Today this dogma is recognisable as much by its effects, such as cancel culture and social-media pile-ons, as by its assertions, which are all too often taken as read: knowledge is a social construct; science and reason are tools of oppression; all human interactions are sites of oppressive power play; and language is dangerous. As they warn, the unchecked proliferation of these beliefs present a threat to liberal democracy.

While acknowledging the need to challenge the complacency of those who think a just society has been fully achieved, Pluckrose and Lindsay break down how often-radical activist scholarship does far more harm than good, not least to those marginalised communities it claims to champion.

Reviews

Book of the Year - The Times

Book of the Year - Sunday Times

Author Bio

Helen Pluckrose is a liberal political and cultural writer and speaker. She is the editor of Areo Magazine. Helen lives in Essex, England. James Lindsay is a mathematician with a background in physics and founder of New Discourses (newdiscourses.com). James lives in Tennessee.

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