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A review by quenchgum
Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity — And Why This Harms Everybody by Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay
5.0
Disagreed with most conclusions but still found it fascinating. FWIW this does not accurately represent anything close to mainstream leftist thought. If it did then I would agree with its conclusions. Still was a ton of fun as a thought exercise, though.
Would recommend this book for:
• people that avidly care about social justice (myself included) that want to be aware of the ways their tactics could sometimes hinder progress
• lefty friends that are looking for a more neutral explanation for some republican stuff that otherwise just seems hateful
• readers of all works of “theory” (whether queer theory, critical race theory, gender studies, disability studies, etc.), as this book is 100% about analyzing the perspectives behind these theories
• fans or haters of foucault, derrida, judith butler, kimberlie crenshaw, bell hooks, audre lorde, etc
Would recommend this book for:
• people that avidly care about social justice (myself included) that want to be aware of the ways their tactics could sometimes hinder progress
• lefty friends that are looking for a more neutral explanation for some republican stuff that otherwise just seems hateful
• readers of all works of “theory” (whether queer theory, critical race theory, gender studies, disability studies, etc.), as this book is 100% about analyzing the perspectives behind these theories
• fans or haters of foucault, derrida, judith butler, kimberlie crenshaw, bell hooks, audre lorde, etc