#7 in Psychology
The Coddling of the American Mind
- 352
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 3 weeks on the list, peaked at #8
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Our view
“The Coddling of the American Mind” argues that overprotection has done American students more harm than good. Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, expanding their 2015 essay from “The Atlantic”, turn their fire on safe spaces and trigger warnings. The book also traces how polarization hardened and how the notion that speech can count as violence took hold. Some readers note an overlap with Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation”.
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About the book
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure is a 2018 book by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. It is an expansion of a popular essay the two wrote for The Atlantic in 2015. Lukianoff and Haidt argue that overprotection is harming university students and that the use of trigger warnings and safe spaces does more harm than good.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 127 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 46% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Psychology average of 7.9. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 127 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Coddling of the American Mind?
It has 352 pages — longer than 54% of the ranked books in Psychology.
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