The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
[New York City] : Penguin Books, 2019, ©2018.
Format: Book
Description: 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
An examination and anylsis of conditions and trends in college and university life and how the over emphasis on childhood safety has impeded young people's ability to become independent, functional adults. The result is a condition of rampant intolerance and associated stresses that impedes the exchange of ideas and stunts intellectual curiousity.
Contents:
Three bad ideas. The untruth of fragility : what doesn't kill you makes you weaker ; The untruth of emotional reasoning : always trust your feelings ; The untruth of us versus them : life is a battle between good people and evil people -- Bad ideas in action. Intimidation and violence ; Witch hunts -- How did we get here? The polarization cycle ; Anxiety and depression ; Paranoid parenting ; The decline of play ; The bureaucracy of safetyism ; The quest for justice -- Wising up. Wiser kids ; Wiser universities ; Wiser societies
Subjects:
Intellectual freedom -- United States.
Civil rights -- United States.
Compromise (Ethics)
Social psychology -- United States.
Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States.
Intellectual freedom -- United States.
Civil rights -- United States.
Compromise (Ethics)
Social psychology -- United States.
Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States.
ISBN:
9780735224919
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures American Luk | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Transit Request |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures American Luk | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/24/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-327) and index.
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