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James Lindsay

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An American-born author, mathematician, and professional troublemaker, Dr. James Lindsay has written six books spanning a range of subjects including religion, the philosophy of science and postmodern theory. He is a leading expert on Critical Race Theory, which leads him to reject it completely. He is the founder of New Discourses and currently promoting his new book "Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody," which is currently being translated into more than fifteen languages.

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A Template for Resisting White Fragility in the Workplace

A Template for Resisting White Fragility in the Workplace

As you will see, a very common problem is that people think Critical Race Theory is one thing when it is really another, and good-intentioned people tend to adopt it without realizing what it is (and reject it when they do know what it is).

The Cult Dynamics of Wokeness

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The Cult Dynamics of Wokeness

Before I got involved in studying Critical Social Justice like I do now, I mostly studied the psychology of religion.

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The Problem with White Fragility

In 2018, the “whiteness educator” Robin DiAngelo published a bestselling book called White Fragility. This book is intended to teach white people about their own racism.

Staying Sane in an Age of Narratives

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Staying Sane in an Age of Narratives

In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay discusses living in today's Age of Narratives, of which Critical Social Justice is just one important and ugly part.

Do Better than Critical Race Theory

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Do Better than Critical Race Theory

Many of you have noticed that more people than ever are presenting the stock Critical Race Theory ideas.

James Explains: What About Sociology?

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What About Sociology?

Sociology is a complicated topic. As we said when we went public with the Grievance Studies Affair, and as we have come to understand even better since, it's best to think of grievance studies as a kind of infection.

James Explains: Health Equity, Babies, Bathwater

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Health Equity, Babies, & Bathwater

I am also motivated to rationally improve health “equity” without throwing out the baby with all this critical bathwater.

Deepfake Methodology and the Limits of Critical Theories

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Deepfake Methodology and the Limits of Critical Theories

My purposes here are to highlight this concept of “deepfake methodology” and contextualize in terms of what I have been learning about these lazy critical methods.

How the Woke Virus Infects Academia and Our Covid-19 Response

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How the Woke Virus Infects Academia and our Covid-19 Response

Critical Social Justice operates like a virus.

Why Professors Fear to Livestream Critical Social Justice Classes

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Why Professors Fear to Livestream Critical Social Justice Classes

James lindsay takes a few minutes to dig deeply into the mindset of Critical Social Justice to explain exactly why its proponents are so reluctant to be seen applying their work in administrative and educational spheres.

Podcast: Coronavirus Life: Will Things Be the Same Again?

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Coronavirus Life: Will Things Be the Same Again?

“Life will never be the same again.” We hear this over and over again with regard to the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on us, even though we’re only weeks into the pandemic.

Critical Theories: A Virus on a Liberal Body Politic

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Critical Theories: A Virus on a Liberal Body Politic

For this “virus,” we need a liberal immune response (critical thinking) that minimizes its influence while keeping the liberal body politic intact and healthy.

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James Lindsay Discovers Decolonizing Graphic Design

In February, I discovered an article on Twitter about “decolonizing graphic design,” published in the summer of last year. These sorts of articles are incredibly useful for showing exactly what’s going on in the Critical Social Justice mindset once you know how to read them, and this one doesn’t disappoint.

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Liberal Reflections from the National Archives: Hope, Pride, and Two American Tales

Though I’m no history buff myself, that history was part of why I was so excited to get to take the trip and, while there, to set aside time to take a leisurely tour of the National Archives, which I haven’t had a chance to visit since I was a kid.

Language Matters: Why I’m Creating Translations from the Wokish

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Language Matters: Why I’m Creating Translations from the Wokish

The point of language, to the best of my understanding, is to create shared intentions between the communicators involved.

Naming the Enemy: Critical Social Justice

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Naming the Enemy: Critical Social Justice

Over the last few years, it has become apparent that, for whatever nobility and moral worth lies in the project called “social justice,” something has gone badly wrong with the ideological movement on the far left that repeatedly calls for—or, more accurately, demands—it.

Welcome to New Discourses

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Welcome to New Discourses

New Discourses centers upon exposing, explaining, and articulating alternatives to anything that attempts to constrain our discourses.

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Freedom of Speech and the Fallacy of Demanding to be Heard

To insist that defenders of freedom of speech must listen to you is to misunderstand the concepts of freedom and the marketplace of ideas.

Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship

Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship

January 22, 2020
Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian

Something has gone wrong in the university—especially in certain fields within the humanities. Scholarship based less upon finding truth and more upon attending to social grievances has become firmly established.

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