Cynical theories : how universities made everything about race, gender, and identity - and why this harms everybody /: how universities made everything about race, gender, and identity - and why this harms everybody. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay.
• Authors: Pluckrose, Helen; Lindsay, James
• Contents: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Postmodernism: A Revolution in Knowledge and Power -- 2 Postmodernism's Applied Turn: Making Oppression Real -- 3 Postcolonial Theory: Deconstructing the West to Save the Other -- 4 Queer Theory: Freedom from the Normal -- 5 Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality: Ending Racism by Seeing It Everywhere -- 6 Feminisms and Gender Studies: Simplification as Sophistication -- 7 Disability and fat Studies: Support-Group Identity Theory 8 Social Justice Scholarship and Thought: The Truth According to Social Justice -- 9 Social Justice in Action: Theory Always Looks Good on Paper -- 10 An Alternative to the Ideology of Social Justice: Liberalism Without Identity Politics -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- About the Authors
• Publisher Details: London : Swift Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 149/.97; Postmodernism; Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century; Authoritarianism; Authoritarianism; Postmodernisme; Philosophie -- 20e siècle; Autoritarisme; Authoritarianism; Philosophy, Modern; Postmodernism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1800750056; 9781800750050
• Related ISBNs: 9781800750043
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 18, 2020).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.