Bookclub: Social (in)Justice - Introduction

Social (In)justice: Why Many Popular Answers to Important Questions of Race, Gender, and Identity Are Wrong--and How to Know What's Right: A Reader-Friendly Remix of Cynical Theories

by Helen Pluckrose (Author), James Lindsay (Author), Rebecca Christiansen (Contributor)

Virtual Bookclub reading and commentary.
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Introduction
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"All white people are racist"
"Trans women are women"
"The holocaust wasn't about racism"
"Science is racist"

If you have heard slogans like these and scratched your head as to how someone could possibly come to such a conclusion, then this book is for you. In the past these ideas only found sway in obscure journals - but the last several years have found them entering the mainstream and being adopted by the rising generation and incorporated into our laws, corporate ethics and social fabric.

The time has come to figure out what this is all about and where these notions come from.

Authors Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsey have recently published a new book which maps out the evolution of the philosophies behind these ideas, from German and French philosophers of the 19th and 20th centuries to the academic intelligentsia of the 21st century.

This new book is a "reader friendly re-mix" of their best-seller 2020 book "Cynical Theories" and presents a fine-tuned and accessible review of the Critical Theories that have become a powerful force in our modern social landscape, while contrasting these ideas with the foundational liberal principles which have led to the progress and liberties that we so often take for granted.

In today's episode we are joined by Chris Hanna for a review and discussion of the introduction to the book.

I invite you to order a copy of the book for yourself and follow along as we go through each of the ten chapters of the book, one at a time and uncover how those ideas are taking shape in the world around us!

Order the book at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Social-justice-Important-Wrong-Reader-Friendly/dp/1634312236/

Helen Pluckrose's site: https://counterweightsupport.com/

James Lindsey's site: https://newdiscourses.com/

Chris Hanna is a product of the academic pedagogical engine which produces the "woke" but in his case the indoctrination didn't take. He discusses classical liberalism, the perils of new illiberalism and atheism/religion/spirituality on his YouTube channel.

Chris Hanna: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk0L0ZZSOmJHyNR-xVKufjw