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We must read to understand both the dire times we are in and what the hell to do about it. Amidst all the work I’m doing, I’m trying to embark on a reading marathon to get myself up to speed on the critical issues affecting our country, our culture and our civilisation. I wanted to give you my top 10 reading list on today’s issues so you can track down copies for yourself and become more informed than probably most journalists and many Members of Parliament and Senators are! Here’s the list… 1. Cancel Culture and the Left's Long March edited by Kevin Donnelly: Cancel culture and political correctness are destroying free speech and Western civilisation’s institutions and way of life – it’s time to fight back and return to sanity. A topical and informative anthology exploring the origins and impact of cancel culture and political correctness on Western societies. 2. The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray: An investigation into the dangers of 'woke' culture and the rise of identity politics. This book examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of 'wokeness', the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive. 3. The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense by Gad Saad: The West’s commitment to freedom, reason, and true liberalism have become endangered by a series of viral forces in our society today. This book exposes how an epidemic of idea pathogens are spreading like a virus and killing common sense in the West. 4. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl R. Trueman: Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends--yet no historical phenomenon is its own cause. This timely book analyses the development of the sexual revolution as a symptom - rather than the cause - of the human search for identity.
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