Uncovering the Harms of Activist Scholarship: A Review of Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay
This Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity_and Why This Harms Everybody is a necessary read for anyone interested in understanding the role of activist scholarship in creating a lens through which we view our world today. Written by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, this book dives into how critical theory has infiltrated the mainstream and become the go-to for discussing issues of race, gender, and identity. Through comprehensive research, Pluckrose and Lindsay provide an illuminating look into how this type of scholarship has distorted the conversation in ways that can be incredibly damaging to everyone.