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- Summary
- Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn't practise yoga or cook Chinese food? 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? In Cynical Theories, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay document the evolution and the dogma behind these ideas. 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 this often-radical activist scholarship does far more harm than good, not least to those marginalised communities it claims to champion. They also detail its alarmingly inconsistent and illiberal ethics. Only through a proper understanding of the evolution of these ideas, they conclude, can those who value science, reason and consistently liberal ethics successfully challenge this harmful and authoritarian orthodoxy - in the academy, in culture and beyond
- Language
- eng
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- Cynical theories : how universities made everything about race, gender, and identity - and why this harms everybody
- Title
- Cynical theories
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- how universities made everything about race, gender, and identity - and why this harms everybody
- Statement of responsibility
- Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn't practise yoga or cook Chinese food? 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? In Cynical Theories, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay document the evolution and the dogma behind these ideas. 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 this often-radical activist scholarship does far more harm than good, not least to those marginalised communities it claims to champion. They also detail its alarmingly inconsistent and illiberal ethics. Only through a proper understanding of the evolution of these ideas, they conclude, can those who value science, reason and consistently liberal ethics successfully challenge this harmful and authoritarian orthodoxy - in the academy, in culture and beyond
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- Pluckrose, Helen
- Dewey number
- 306.09
- Index
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- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Lindsay, James A.
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- Social history
- Social history
- Philosophy, Modern
- Postmodernism
- Deconstruction
- Authoritarianism
- Philosophy, Modern
- Target audience
- adult
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- Cynical theories : how universities made everything about race, gender, and identity - and why this harms everybody, Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 000068058478
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 351 pages
- Isbn
- 9781800750067
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- (paperback)
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- (OCoLC)1200259565
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- Cynical theories : how universities made everything about race, gender, and identity - and why this harms everybody, Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- still image
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Control code
- 000068058478
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 351 pages
- Isbn
- 9781800750067
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- Specific material designation
- regular print
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