Triggered Literature: Cancellation, Stealth Censorship and Cultural Warfare

by John Sutherland

'Triggering'. When and where did the usage
originate? No one is sure. There is, however, clear connection with the
psychiatric term 'trauma trigger' - stimuli which can detonate unhealed wounds.

The concept of triggering took off in
feminist magazines and social media 'chat' around 2010. Around 2013/14 it moved,
wholesale, into higher education. In May 2014, the New York Times reported
that at scores of institutions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785908170
• ISBN13: 9781785908170
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Biteback Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages