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The Canceling of the American Mind

Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All—but There Is a Solution

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The Canceling of the American Mind

By: Greg Lukianoff, Rikki Schlott
Narrated by: Rikki Schlott, Kirby Heyborne
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A “galvanizing” (The Wall Street Journal) deep dive into cancel culture and its dangers to all Americans from the team that brought you Coddling of the American Mind.

Cancel culture is a new phenomenon, and The Canceling of the American Mind 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.

The Canceling of the American Mind 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 actually winning arguments. After all, why bother refuting your opponents when you can just take away their platform or career?

The good news is that we can beat back this threat to democracy through better citizenship. The Canceling of the American Mind 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.

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©2023 Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott (P)2023 Simon & Schuster Audio
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I love “The Coddling of the American Mind,” and I loved this equally. My only criticism is that Rikki reads a little fast, but it is extremely well done and important for everyone to read and embrace.

A book everyone would benefit from reading (twice)

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very well argued, researched, and presented. highly recommend, especially for those who work in higher ed, journalism, media, or entertainment.

a great book

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Must read! This really gets to the heart of the current "culture war". Beautifully written.

Powerful and Important!

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Greg & Rikki breakdown so many aspects of our current critical thinking pandemic beautifully, backed up by empirically cited case studies, this book nails it on all fronts.

MODERN DAY - MUST READ BOOK

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I appreciated the unique insight into the political differences and views of what cancelling is and isn’t between the left and right in the US.

It was an excellent and refreshingly nuanced look at cancel culture and the importance of free speech.

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The “cancel culture” is so obviously active across America today that we should all be concerned, and the courts need to objectively clarify when the guaranteed rights of freedom of speech are egregiously abused. I was very disappointed in the reader, who, in comparison to so many other readers, was clearly simply reading, read too fast to give important statements proper emphasis, especially because her sentences often trailed off. Nevertheless, I am glad I listened to this book and recommended it to anyone with any point of view to understand this harmful phenomenon in today’s society.

Good book, Important information, poorly read

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As a slightly right of center American, I appreciated the care the authors took to point out the illiberalism found on both sides of the political spectrum. I thought their identification of the sources of the issues that face the American heritage of free speech to be comprehensive and their prescriptions for remedies to be a panacea for much of what is ailing reasoned discourse and polarization in our nation. It’s definitely a book worth your time.

I’m often less of a fan off author narration, but Rikki gave a nearly flawless performance.

A strong and balanced treatment of the crisis in free speech culture in America

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The author cared enough about the book to read it herself. A must read for policy makers and students. No time to waste

Thought provoking, hope it’s not too late.

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It’s very thought-provoking. Unfortunately, we as a society may be past the point of no return. 

Good

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A timely and important message. This book evaluates cancel culture from many different angles, and gives not only a full view of the problem, but potential solutions. 

This book should be required reading for all Americans

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