Cynical Theories

‘This book exposes the surprisingly shallow intellectual roots of the movements that appear to be engulfing our culture’ Steven Pinker

Cynical Theories argues that struggles for social justice are strongest when they are founded on respect for evidence, reason, and free and open debate. It deplores the harm that closed-minded Social Justice ideologues, cancel culture and social media pile-ons are doing to the cause of social justice and liberal democracy itself.

Pluckrose and Lindsay demonstrate that only through proper understanding of the evolution of these ideas can we challenge this harmful orthodoxy, and offer practical strategies to combat it.