{"product_id":"cancelled-by-umut-ozkirimli-9781509550920","title":"Cancelled","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRight now, someone, somewhere is being cancelled. Off-the-cuff tweets or \"harmless\" office banter have the potential to wreck lives. The Left condemns the Right and the bigotry of the old elites. The Right complains about brain-dead political correctness. In reality, both sides are colluding in a reactionary politics that is as self-defeating as it is divisive. Can the Left escape this extremism and stay true to the progressive ideals it once professed?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative book, \u003cem\u003eCancelled\u003c\/em\u003e, Umut Özkırımlı reveals how the Left has been sucked into a spiral of toxic hatred and outrage-mongering, retreating from the democratic ideals of freedom and pluralism that it purports to represent. Exploring the similarities between right-wing populism and radical identity politics, he sets out an alternative vision. It is only by focusing on our common humanity and working across differences that the Left will find a constructive and consensual way back from \"woke\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340668256492,"sku":"9781509550920","price":35.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/dffc9d77f7189fd864ce61309b8524fe.jpg?v=1772191596","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/cancelled-by-umut-ozkirimli-9781509550920","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}