{"product_id":"the-canceling-of-the-american-mind-cancel-culture-undermines-trust-and-threatens-us-all-but-there-is-a-solution-hardcover","title":"The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All--But There Is a Solution - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGreg Lukianoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRikki Schlott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"galvanizing\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) deep dive into cancel culture and its dangers to all Americans from the team that brought you \u003ci\u003eCoddling of the American Mind\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCancel culture is a new phenomenon, and \u003ci\u003eThe Canceling of the American Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to codify it and survey its effects, including hard data and research on what cancel culture is and how it works, along with hundreds of new examples showing the left and right both working to silence their enemies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Canceling of the American Mind\u003c\/i\u003e changes how you view cancel culture. Rather than a moral panic, we should consider it a dysfunctional part of how Americans battle for power, status, and dominance. Cancel culture is just one symptom of a much larger problem: the use of cheap rhetorical tactics to \"win\" arguments without \u003ci\u003eactually \u003c\/i\u003ewinning arguments. After all, why bother refuting your opponents when you can just take away their platform or career? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe good news is that we can beat back this threat to democracy through better citizenship. \u003ci\u003eThe Canceling of the American Mind\u003c\/i\u003e offers concrete steps toward reclaiming a free speech culture, with materials specifically tailored for parents, teachers, business leaders, and everyone who uses social media. We can all show intellectual humility and promote the essential American principles of individuality, resilience, and open-mindedness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreg Lukianoff is the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and one of the country's most passionate defenders of free expression. He has written on free-speech issues in the nation's top newspapers, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and was executive producer of the documentaries \u003ci\u003eCan We Take a Joke? \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMighty Ira. \u003c\/i\u003eLukianoff earned his undergraduate degree from American University and his law degree from Stanford. He worked for the ACLU of Northern California, the Organization for Aid to Refugees, and the EnvironMentors Project before joining FIRE in 2001. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rikki Schlott is a New York City-based journalist and political commentator. She is a research fellow at FIRE, host of the \u003ci\u003eLost Debate \u003c\/i\u003epodcast, a columnist at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and a regular contributor to numerous publications and television programs. Her commentary focuses on free speech, campus culture, civil liberties, and youth issues from a Generation Z perspective.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.73 x 9.06 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52712547320141,"sku":"9781668019146","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/BL3c1jYDcl9781668019146.webp?v=1762377633","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-canceling-of-the-american-mind-cancel-culture-undermines-trust-and-threatens-us-all-but-there-is-a-solution-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}