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{{a|book review|''Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race Gender and Identity'' — {{author|Helen Pluckrose}} and {{author|James Lindsay}}}} | {{a|book review|''Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race Gender and Identity'' — {{author|Helen Pluckrose}} and {{author|James Lindsay}}| | ||
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An important, brave book in our polarised times, in {{br|Cynical Theories}}, {{author|Helen Pluckrose}} and {{author|James Lindsay}} take on the intellectual foundations of the current strain of militant leftist “critical” thought. Brave, because received wisdom declares that the intolerant, populist ''right'' is the problem. Brave, because of the repercussions — mass shaming, mob rule cancellation, livelihood ruination — that sometimes rains down on those who transgress its principles, even inadvertently. It’s somewhat bracing even writing a favourable book review. | An important, brave book in our polarised times, in {{br|Cynical Theories}}, {{author|Helen Pluckrose}} and {{author|James Lindsay}} take on the intellectual foundations of the current strain of militant leftist “critical” thought. Brave, because received wisdom declares that the intolerant, populist ''right'' is the problem. Brave, because of the repercussions — mass shaming, mob rule cancellation, livelihood ruination — that sometimes rains down on those who transgress its principles, even inadvertently. It’s somewhat bracing even writing a favourable book review. | ||