Cover art for The Canceling of the American Mind
Published
Penguin, June 2025
ISBN
9781802063165
Format
Softcover, 464 pages
Dimensions
19.7cm × 12.8cm × 2cm

The Canceling of the American Mind How Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All

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An eye-opening analysis that offers practical solutions for every sphere of life, from one of the foremost researchers in the field

Why bother refuting your opponents, when you can just take away their platform or career?

First Amendment rights lawyer Greg Lukianoff teams up with Rikki Schlott to show how a trend of intolerance on university campuses in America has spread to a wide range of workplaces and cultural spaces, which are giving up on a culture of free speech in favour of cancel culture. Drawing on original research and data, along with hundreds of new examples from publishing to psychotherapy, comedy, science and medicine, this book shows how the left and the right both work to silence their enemies in different ways. It's not simply a matter of Twitter spats; people are losing their jobs, livelihoods and sometimes their lives over it.

Eye-opening, urgent and transformative, The Canceling of the American Mind argues that cancel culture is not merely a moral panic, but a dysfunctional way in which people battle for power, status and dominance- moving us away from being able to argue productively, listen generously and ultimately be civil when we disagree. This book offers concrete steps towards reclaiming a culture of free speech, with materials specifically tailored for parents, teachers, business leaders and all those who use social media. It shows how we can all harness intellectual humility to become more resilient and open minded.

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