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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. | ||
So I | So I wouldn’t fancy {{author|Helen Pluckrose}}’s mentions right now. (There’s a simple answer to dealing with crappy mentions, by the way, folks: ''{{maxim|get off Twitter}}''.) | ||
====The theory of Theory==== | ====The theory of Theory==== | ||
Anyway. Call it what you will: [[critical theory]], social justice theory, applied (''post''?) [[post-modernism]], “Theory” with a capital “T” or just raving bonkers wokeness — it defies categorisation and critical appraisal by deliberate design. {{br|Cynical Theories}} wilfully transgresses its hermeneutical boundaries and pins it down, articulating, examining and shining an unflattering light on it and the ways it subverts traditional liberal values of openness, enquiry and reasoned debate that have, in truth, delivered most of the social progress of the past half-century. | Anyway. Call it what you will: [[critical theory]], social justice theory, applied (''post''?) [[post-modernism]], “Theory” with a capital “T” or just raving bonkers wokeness — it defies categorisation and critical appraisal by deliberate design. {{br|Cynical Theories}} wilfully transgresses its hermeneutical boundaries and pins it down, articulating, examining and shining an unflattering light on it and the ways it subverts traditional liberal values of openness, enquiry and reasoned debate that have, in truth, delivered most of the social progress of the past half-century. | ||