helen pluckrose Archives - New Discourses

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The First Worthy Criticism of Cynical Theories

If you have ever wondered about the backstory of the creation of the "Feminist Mein Kampf" paper really was, including why its authors did it, you won't want to miss this long-form discussion and rare response to yet another underinformed critic of Lindsay, Boghossian, and Pluckrose's work.

There Is No Good Part of Hitler's Mein Kampf

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There Is No Good Part of Hitler’s Mein Kampf

If you have ever wondered about the backstory of the creation of the "Feminist Mein Kampf" paper really was, including why its authors did it, you won't want to miss this long-form discussion and rare response to yet another underinformed critic of Lindsay, Boghossian, and Pluckrose's work.

White Fragility Training and Freedom of Belief

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White Fragility Training and Freedom of Belief

I don’t believe what you believe, and I don’t have to. I defend your right to hold, express and live by your own belief system, but you have no right to impose any of it on me.

How to Be Not-Racist

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How to Be Not-Racist

We are now offering this essay as a guide to explain to readers how they can, in fact, be not-racist, which we also argue they should want to be and should be expected to be.

The Church of Social Justice

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The Church of Social Justice

From fat studies to academics, the world appears to have been taken over by identity politics. The result is the creation of a seemingly enormous congregation of members in the church of social justice.

How to Talk to Your Employers About Anti-Racism

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How to Talk to Your Employers About Anti-Racism

The 1960s ended, in fact, some half a century ago. Nonetheless, they all share a concern that their employer, university, or children’s school seems to think otherwise and is therefore requiring an affirmation to a very specific understanding of “racism” and “anti-racism”.

James Lindsay and Joe Rogan Discuss Critical Social Justice 1

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James Lindsay and Joe Rogan Discuss Critical Social Justice

In a highly anticipated event, James Lindsay joins Joe Rogan on 'The Joe Rogan Experience' to discuss the recent explosion of the Woke ideology into almost every corner of our society and culture.

A Beginner's Curriculum on Critical Race Theory

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A Beginner’s Curriculum on Critical Race Theory

There is currently a tremendous need to understand a previously obscure branch of academic thought called Critical Race Theory.

Helen Pluckrose: The Evolution of Postmodern Thought

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Helen Pluckrose: The Evolution of Postmodern Thought

Helen Pluckrose develops the definition of "Social Justice" as it is used in the academic literature in this tradition, explains its connections to identity politics and the political correctness movement, and then shows the relevance of the original postmodernists to this Theory in some detail.

A Principled Statement of Opposition to Critical Race Theory: An Excerpt from 'Cynical Theories'

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A Principled Statement of Opposition to Critical Race Theory: An Excerpt from ‘Cynical Theories’

Last year, Helen Pluckrose and I dedicated most of our time to writing a book about how “activist scholarship” has risen to prominence and created societal conditions that threaten to rip our societies apart.

The Flaws in White Fragility Theory: A Primer

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The Flaws in White Fragility Theory: A Primer

As social unrest spreads throughout America after the death of George Floyd, Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility has recently made its way back on the bestseller lists. What is the theory of white fragility?

What's Passed Since the "Conceptual Penis"?

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What’s Passed Since the “Conceptual Penis”?

James Lindsay joins High Society Radio to discuss what has transpired in all the time since he and Peter Boghossian published their first (mostly unsuccessful) attempt at a hoax paper on gender studies: “The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct,” in early summer 2017.

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How Theory Got Cynical and Why That Sucks for Everyone

James Lindsay joins Jack Murphy on the Jack Murphy Live podcast to discuss his forthcoming book with Helen Pluckrose, Cynical Theories.

What The 'Grievance Studies Affair' Says About Academia's Social Justice Warriors

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What The ‘Grievance Studies Affair’ Says About Academia’s Social Justice Warriors

Today’s social justice warriors in academic fields such as gender studies share unfortunate commonalities with Adolf Hitler's 'struggle.'

Postmodernism Versus Critical Social Justice

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Postmodernism Versus Critical Social Justice

James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose join old-school postmodernist and libertarian thinker Thaddeus Russell on the Unregistered podcast.

How French "Intellectuals" Ruined the West: Postmodernism and Its Impact, Explained

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How French “Intellectuals” Ruined the West: Postmodernism & Its Impact

Postmodernism presents a threat not only to liberal democracy but to modernity itself.

The Roots of "Woke" Culture

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The Roots of “Woke” Culture

Woke culture continues to become ever-more relevant to people in all walks of life, and this led to a recent BBC audio-documentary featuring feminist authort Helen Lewis and produced by Craig Templeton Smith, “The Roots of ‘Woke’ Culture.”

A Short Letter to a Misunderstanding Right

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A Short Letter to a Misunderstanding Right

I find it very odd when people keep telling me that “the left” is doing something bad with regard to wokeness and applied postmodernism when so many of the people opposing identity politics, cancel culture, collective blame, language policing, deplatforming, and censorship by the Critical Social Justice faction are, in fact, on the left.

The Marketplace of Ideas and the Battle of Discourses

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The Marketplace of Ideas and the Battle of Discourses

We are currently caught up in a battle of discourses. Mostly, this battle rages between Critical Social Justice activists and right-wing populists, with the rest of us stuck somewhere in the middle and having to pick sides.

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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.

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