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Pluckrose Helen | Lindsay James: Cinične teorije

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Cinične teorije

Pluckrose Helen | Lindsay James

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Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay: Cynical theories - how activists in the education system reduced everything to race, gender and identity - and why it hurts everyone

Have you heard that language is violent and science is sexist? Have you read about how some people shouldn't do yoga or cook Chinese food? Or have you been told that being fat is healthy, that there is no biological sex, or that only white people can be racist? Are you confused by these ideas and wonder how they managed to challenge the very logic of Western society so quickly? In this insightful and boldly written book, Helen Plakrose and James Lindsay document the evolution of the dogma that animates these ideas, from its clumsy beginnings in French postmodernism to the refinement of its activist advocates within academia. Today, this dogma is recognizable as much by its consequences, such as the culture of cancellation, as much as by its principles, which the mainstream media too often accepts as axiomatic: knowledge is a social construct; science and logic are tools of oppression; all human interaction is the scene of an oppressive power play; and language is dangerous. As Plakrose and Lindsay warn, the unbridled spread of these anti-Enlightenment beliefs is a threat not only to liberal democracy but to modern society itself. 
Concluding that there is a need to question the complacency of those who think a just society has been fully achieved, Plakrose and Lindsay detail how the often radical methods of activists do far more harm than good, and by no means only to those marginalized communities on whose behalf these activists claim to act. The authors also detail a worryingly inconsistent and illiberal ethic. Only by properly understanding the evolution of these ideas, the authors conclude, can those who value science, reason, and consistently liberal ethical norms successfully challenge this harmful and authoritarian doctrine—whether in academia, culture, or more broadly.

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