The Coddling of the American Mind

by

Jonathan Haidt

,

Greg Lukianoff

**'Excellent, their advice is sound . . . liberal parents, in particular, should read it' *Financial TimesThe New York Times* bestsellerWhat doesn't kill you makes you weakerAlways trust your feelingsLife is a battle between good people and evil people**These three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being, as well as ancient wisdom from many cultures. And yet they have become increasingly woven into education, culminati...

The Canceling of the American Mind

by

Greg Lukianoff

,

Rikki Schlott

**FULLY UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTER‘A lucid and comprehensive look at where we are and how we got here ... nothing short of galvanizing’** Wall Street JournalWhy bother refuting your opponents, when you can just take away their platform or career?Greg Lukianoff was one of the first to raise the alarm about the troubling social and psychological consequences of the growing intolerance of opposing viewpoints on university camp...

The War on Words

by

Nadine Strossen

,

Greg Lukianoff

Heresy Press’s first non-fiction offering addresses free speech and creative freedom—central to the press’s mission—in the form of a concise primer of arguments against censorship. Co-authored by Greg Lukianoff and Nadine Strossen, The War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech—And Why They Fail constitutes a bulwark against attempts from both the political left and right to limit individual expression. At a time when pressures to conform threaten the exercise of viewpoint div...

Freedom from Speech

by

Greg Lukianoff

This is a surreal time for freedom of speech. While the legal protections of the First Amendment remain strong, the culture is obsessed with punishing individuals for allegedly offensive utterances. And academia already an institution in which free speech is in decline has grown still more intolerant, with high-profile disinvitation” efforts against well-known speakers and demands for professors to provide trigger warnings” in class.In this Broadside, Greg Lukianoff argues th...

Unlearning Liberty

by

Greg Lukianoff

For over a generation, shocking cases of censorship at America’s colleges and universities have taught students the wrong lessons about living in a free society. Drawing on a decade of experience battling for freedom of speech on campus, First Amendment lawyer Greg Lukianoff reveals how higher education fails to teach students to become critical thinkers: by stifling open debate, our campuses are supercharging ideological divisions, promoting groupthink, and encouraging an unscholarly cert...

International Comparative Approaches to Free Speech and Open Inquiry (FSOI)

This book explores controversies surrounding free speech and open inquiry (FSOI) in various regions of the Anglophone world. The authors argue that the past decade has seen a noticeable erosion of FSOI across the globe, aided and abetted by university clerisies and state apparatuses. These groups’ policing of language and pandering to cancel culture, the authors argue, have narrowed the Overton window to the point of reinvigorating the push for blasphemy law within liberal democracies them...

The Coddling of the American Mind (Audiobook)

by

Jonathan Haidt

,

Greg Lukianoff

Narrated by

Jonathan Haidt

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Coddling of the America Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff, read by Jonathan Haidt.What doesn't kill you makes you weakerAlways trust your feelingsLife is a battle between good people and evil peopleThese three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being, as well as ancient wisdom from many cu...

The Canceling of the American Mind (Audiobook)

by

Greg Lukianoff

,

Rikki Schlott

Narrated by

Rikki Schlott

**Brought to you by Penguin.A new way of thinking about cancel culture and the much-needed antidote for our dangerous and divisive times**Cancel culture isn't just a moral panic: it erodes our ability to argue productively, listen generously and to be civil when we disagree. Whether on university campuses, in the workplace or on social media, it is a dysfunctional part of how individuals battle for power, status, and dominance. It's just one symptom of a much larger problem...

The End of Gender (Audiobook)

by

Debra Soh

Narrated by

Debra Soh

International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths in this scientific examination of the many facets of gender identity that “is not onlyeminently reasonable and beautifully-written, it is brave and vital” (Ben Shapiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author).Is our gender something we’re born with, or are we conditioned by society? In The ...

The New Puritans (Audiobook)

by

Andrew Doyle

Narrated by

Andrew Doyle

Audiobook 18 -

Language Acts and Worldmaking

'A sober but devastating skewering of cancel culture and the moral certainties it shares with religious fundamentalism' Sunday Times'Andrew Doyle has written a masterful broadside against the woke that will also discomfit the anti-woke, proposing to both the radical notion that rather than being identities, we embrace our status as individuals' CriticEngaging, incisive and acute, The New Puritans is a deeply neces...

Cynical Theories

by

Helen Pluckrose

,

James Lindsay

BOOK OF THE YEAR in The Times, the Sunday Times and the Financial TimesHave you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only white people can be racist? Are you confused by these ideas, and do you wonder how they have managed so quickly to challenge the very logic of Western society?Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay...

How to Have Impossible Conversations (Audiobook)

by

Peter Boghossian

,

James Lindsay

Narrated by

Peter Boghossian

From politics and religion to workplace negotiations, ace the high-stakes conversations in your life with this indispensable guide from a persuasion expert.In our current political climate, it seems impossible to have a reasonable conversation with anyone who has a different opinion. Whether you're online, in a classroom, an office, a town hall—or just hoping to get through a family dinner with a stubborn relative—dialogue shuts down when perspectives clash. Heated...