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The Coddling of the American Mind : How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure / Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Penguin Press, (c)2018.Description: 338 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780735224919
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • JC599.K96.T443
  • JC599
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Contents:
The search for wisdom.
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.
Intimidation and violence -- Witch hunts.
The polarization cycle -- Anxiety and depression -- Paranoid parenting -- The decline of play -- The bureaucracy of safetyism -- The quest for justice.
Wiser kids -- Wiser universities -- Wiser societies.
Subject: A timely investigation into the new "safety culture" on campus and the dangers it poses to free speech, mental health, education, and ultimately democracy The generation now coming of age has been taught three Great Untruths: their feelings are always right; they should avoid pain and discomfort; and they should look for faults in others and not themselves. These three Great Untruths are part of a larger philosophy that sees young people as fragile creatures who must be protected and supervised by adults. But despite the good intentions of the adults who impart them, the Great Untruths are harming kids by teaching them the opposite of ancient wisdom and the opposite of modern psychological findings on grit, growth, and antifragility. The result is rising rates of depression and anxiety, along with endless stories of college campuses torn apart by moralistic divisions and mutual recriminations. This is a book about how we got here. First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt take us on a tour of the social trends stretching back to the 1980s that have produced the confusion and conflict on campus today, including the loss of unsupervised play time and the birth of social media, all during a time of rising political polarization. This is a book about how to fix the mess. The culture of "safety" and its intolerance of opposing viewpoints has left many young people anxious and unprepared for adult life, with devastating consequences for them, for their parents, for the companies that will soon hire them, and for a democracy that is already pushed to the brink of violence over its growing political divisions. Lukianoff and Haidt offer a comprehensive set of reforms that will strengthen young people and institutions, allowing us all to reap the benefits of diversity, including viewpoint diversity. This is a book for anyone who is confused by what's happening on college campuses today, or has children, or is concerned about the growing inability of Americans to live and work and cooperate https://www.amazon.com/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0735224919/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1590066753&sr=8-1
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The search for wisdom.

PennsylvaniaRT I : THREE BAD IdahoEAS -- 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.

PennsylvaniaRT II : BAD IdahoEAS Indiana ACTION -- Intimidation and violence -- Witch hunts.

PennsylvaniaRT III : 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.

PennsylvaniaRT IV : WisconsinSING UP -- Wiser kids -- Wiser universities -- Wiser societies.

A timely investigation into the new "safety culture" on campus and the dangers it poses to free speech, mental health, education, and ultimately democracy The generation now coming of age has been taught three Great Untruths: their feelings are always right; they should avoid pain and discomfort; and they should look for faults in others and not themselves. These three Great Untruths are part of a larger philosophy that sees young people as fragile creatures who must be protected and supervised by adults. But despite the good intentions of the adults who impart them, the Great Untruths are harming kids by teaching them the opposite of ancient wisdom and the opposite of modern psychological findings on grit, growth, and antifragility. The result is rising rates of depression and anxiety, along with endless stories of college campuses torn apart by moralistic divisions and mutual recriminations. This is a book about how we got here. First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt take us on a tour of the social trends stretching back to the 1980s that have produced the confusion and conflict on campus today, including the loss of unsupervised play time and the birth of social media, all during a time of rising political polarization. This is a book about how to fix the mess. The culture of "safety" and its intolerance of opposing viewpoints has left many young people anxious and unprepared for adult life, with devastating consequences for them, for their parents, for the companies that will soon hire them, and for a democracy that is already pushed to the brink of violence over its growing political divisions. Lukianoff and Haidt offer a comprehensive set of reforms that will strengthen young people and institutions, allowing us all to reap the benefits of diversity, including viewpoint diversity. This is a book for anyone who is confused by what's happening on college campuses today, or has children, or is concerned about the growing inability of Americans to live and work and cooperate

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