Lukianoff and Haidt differ from many other critics of campus excess in that they do not think of themselves as conservative or even right of center. . “Tales of political correctness run amok-indeed, many of the incidents recounted in “The Coddling of the American Mind”-are nothing new to anyone who has been paying even fitful attention to college trends.

Things may not be what they used to be, but that common-sense advice still rings true enough.” - The Washington Post, Michael S. Lukianoff and Haidt’s insights on the dangers of creating habits of “moral dependency” are timely and important… Keep ’em safe, but not too safe. Professors and students shouldn’t be afraid to express themselves, make mistakes, find better ways of thinking and living through passionate disputation. The authors are right to push back hard against the cultivation of fragility and victimhood, and to defend free speech as essential to the mission of higher education. “Lukianoff and Haidt do an excellent job of reminding readers of how the assumption of fragility can be disempowering. “A disturbing and comprehensive analysis of recent campus trends… Lukianoff and Haidt notice something unprecedented and frightening… The consequences of a generation unable or disinclined to engage with ideas that make them uncomfortable are dire for society, and open the door – accessible from both the left and the right – to various forms of authoritarianism.” - The New York Times Book Review, by Thomas Chatterton Williams

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