The Canceling of the American Mind

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

De: Greg Lukianoff, Rikki Schlott, Kirby Heyborne - introduction

Narrado por: Rikki Schlott

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.

A book everyone would benefit from reading (twice)

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 great book

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

Powerful and Important!

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

So relevant!

A meaningful cultural critique, well delivered. If you appreciated Coddling of the American Mind, you’ll want to pick this audiobook up as well.

Good book, Important information, poorly read

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.