The coddling of the American mind : how good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure / Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt.
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TextPublication details: New York City : Penguin Press, 2018Description: 338 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780735224896Subject(s): Intellectual freedom -- United States | Civil rights -- United States | Compromise (Ethics) | Social psychology -- United States | Polarization (Social sciences) -- United StatesDDC classification: 306.2/0973 LOC classification: JC599.U5 | L85 2018Summary: "First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible ideas that have become increasingly woven into American childhood and education: What doesn't kill you makes you weaker; always trust your feelings; and life is a battle between good people and evil people. These three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being and ancient wisdom from many cultures"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-327) and index.
Publisher's Weekly, July 2018
Kirkus Review, July 2018
"First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible ideas that have become increasingly woven into American childhood and education: What doesn't kill you makes you weaker; always trust your feelings; and life is a battle between good people and evil people. These three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being and ancient wisdom from many cultures"--Provided by publisher.
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