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The coddling of the American mind : how good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure / Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York City : Penguin Press, 2018.Description: 338 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780735224896
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.2/0973 23
LOC classification:
  • JC599.U5 L85 2018
Summary: "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.
Item type: Book List(s) this item appears in: High-Interest Non-Fiction
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 306.2/LUK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500060226

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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