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Published in: Society 3/2021

21-06-2021 | BOOK REVIEW

Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay: Cynical Theories: How Universities Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - And Why this Harms Everybody

Swift Press, 2020, pp. 352., ISBN: 978-1800750043

Author: Gerard Casey

Published in: Society | Issue 3/2021

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A specter is haunting Western civilization—the specter of Theory, more specifically, the specter of Theory’s militant wing, Social Justice! That may not sound very threatening, but read on. …
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Title
Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay: Cynical Theories: How Universities Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - And Why this Harms Everybody
Swift Press, 2020, pp. 352., ISBN: 978-1800750043
Author
Gerard Casey
Publication date
21-06-2021
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Society / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-021-00596-6

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