# "The Coddling of the American Mind," co-authored by Professor Jonathan Haidt, is named to the "Best Books of 2018" for politics

1 Faculty News November 23, 2018 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025699.jpg?itok=5SpaxEbn)>

Excerpt from [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/c713200e-ee05-11e8-89c8-d36339d835c0)-- "Two liberal academics take on what they portray as an epidemic of 'safetyism' in American universities that is threatening free speech and scholarly debate. The authors offer a tour of this new world, incorporating safe spaces, trigger warnings, micro-aggressions and de-platforming."

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