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Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody is a nonfiction book by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, published in August 2020. The book was listed on the bestsellers lists of Publishers Weekly, [1] USA Today, [2] and the Calgary Herald.
Helen Pluckrose is a British author and cultural writer known for critiques of critical theory and social justice [1] and promotion of liberal ethics, most notably in the grievance studies affair. [2][3][4][5] Education.
Mar 16, 2021 · Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity‐and Why This Harms Everybody Pitchstone Publishing, 2020. 352 p. $27.95 - RICH - 2021 - Population and Development Review - Wiley Online Library. BOOK REVIEW.
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Dec 16, 2020 · In their book, Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody, Helen Pluckrose and James A. Lindsay look at how postmodern theory and activism have come to replace traditional scholarship, and the threats these anti-Enlightenment beliefs pose to liberal democracy.
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May 5, 2020 · In this probing and intrepid volume, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay document the evolution of the dogma that informs these ideas, from its coarse origins in French postmodernism to its refinement within activist academic fields.
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Helen Pluckrose. Still just wanting you to value evidence- based epistemology and consistently liberal ethics. The Overflowings of a Liberal Brain is a community-driven publication that addresses political & cultural issues and offers a liberal perspective on how to understand them and respond to them. Still just wanting you to value evidence ...
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Jun 6, 2024 · Helen Pluckrose. Diversity, equity and inclusion programmes have the admirable goal of creating a welcoming environment for everyone. Increasingly, however, people are realising that the way they are commonly practised isn’t simply an extension of past civil rights movements. Instead, they’re often intertwined with Critical Social Justice ...
