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How to Talk to Your Employers About Anti-Racism

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.

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.

A Principled Defense of the University

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A Principled Defense of the University

Despite some broken fields, the university is one of humanity's crowning achievements and it must not fall to the reactionary right.

A Manifesto Against the Enemies of Modernity

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A Manifesto Against the Enemies of Modernity

Supporters of Modernity, whatever their political orientation, should unite against the anti-modernists.

Teaching to Transgress: Rage and Entitlement at Evergreen College

January 20, 2020
Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay and Mike Nayna

What happened just under two years ago at Evergreen State College needs to be seen to be believed. It also needs to be made sense of because, without an understanding…

The Influence of Anti-Racist Scholarship-Activism on Evergreen College

The Influence of Anti-Racist Scholarship-Activism on Evergreen College

This belief system worked its way into Evergreen State College and destroyed all that it once stood for.

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