{"product_id":"against-decolonisation-campus-culture-wars-and-the-decline-of-the-west-paperback-softback-9781509554232","title":"Against Decolonisation; Campus Culture Wars and the Decline of the West (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509554232","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAgainst Decolonisation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCampus Culture Wars and the Decline of the West\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDoug Stokes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509554232, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 September 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm, 0.249 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘incisive, humane and brave’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Doug Stokes's book forensically dissects the ideas and practices concerning race, equality, identity and grievance, which are having such an explosive impact on our intellectual and cultural life. Whatever one's sentiments and sympathies, this is a concise and lucid guide to what lies behind the “culture war”.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Tombs, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A highly insightful and persuasive contribution to the ongoing global debate about race, equality and decolonisation, going far beyond the walls of academia into wider institutions and the international world order.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMunira Mirza, former head of the No. 10 Policy Unit and CEO of Civic Future\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Doug Stokes’s incisive analysis of the threat posed by critical theory to wider society, particularly the universities, should stand at the top of every reading list about racism, gender and attempts to “decolonise” the curriculum.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Abulafia, University of Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Perhaps books like this one will encourage more academics to summon up the courage to resist the bullying and to challenge the new conformity. Not everyone will agree with them. But everyone who truly cares about truth will welcome the opening up of a debate which the universities have largely foreclosed.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Sumption, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e‘Stokes has just struck a match; the result may well be explosive.’\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Critic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘a\u003c\/i\u003en excellent book that can shock as well as inspire’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraeme Kemp, \u003ci\u003eThe Equiano Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the killing of George Floyd in 2020, a moral panic gripped the US and UK. To atone for an alleged history of racism, statues were torn down and symbols of national identity attacked. Across universities, fringe theories became the new orthodoxy, with a cadre of activists backed by university technocrats adopting a binary worldview of moral certainty, sin and deconstructive redemption through Western self-erasure. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis hard-hitting book surveys these developments for the first time. It unpacks and challenges the theories and arguments deployed by ‘decolonisers’ in a university system now characterised by garbled leadership and illiberal groupthink.  The desire to question the West’s sense of itself, deconstruct its narratives and overthrow its institutional order is an impulse that, ironically, was underpinned by a more confident and assured Western hegemony, which is now waning and under great strain. If its light continues to dim, who or what will carry the torch for human freedom and progress?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Identity politics, decolonisation and social theory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Racism on campus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Moral panic and illiberalism in Universities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. History reclaimed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Accounting for Wokery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: the future of the West?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453561958680,"sku":"9781509554232","price":11.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509554232.jpg?v=1785286636","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/against-decolonisation-campus-culture-wars-and-the-decline-of-the-west-paperback-softback-9781509554232","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}