First published 2022
Academia becomes a war zone when diversity, inclusion, and equity policies take hold at universities across the Western world. Martin López-Corredoira leads readers through a landscape where professors face censorship, students encounter witch hunts, and scholars discover that speaking against radical identity politics can end careers. The book presents case after case of academic freedom under assault, from research centers to lecture halls. Contributors including Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, and Peter Boghossian document how policies meant to fight discrimination now exclude those who question feminist theory, critical race theory, and gender activism. Faculty members watch colleagues lose positions for challenging orthodox thinking. Students learn to self-censor rather than risk expulsion. Administrators wield diversity mandates like weapons against dissent. What emerges is a portrait of institutions abandoning their core mission of free inquiry. The collection reveals how universities that once championed open debate now silence voices that don't conform to approved ideologies. At stake is whether academia can return to political neutrality and protect the scholarly freedom that defines genuine education.
Genres: politics, education, non-fiction, activism, academia, academic
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: social-commentary
240 pages · Paperback · Societas
Content warnings: racism