A Heretic's Manifesto: Essays on the Unsayable
Released in June 2023. From FAIR Advisor Michael Shellenberger: “…Brendan O’Neill’s stirring new book, A Heretic’s Manifesto: Essays On The Unsayable…I urge you to buy and read. I finished it in one sitting. It’s the best book I’ve read all year.”
From Amazon: “Can a woman have a penis? Is the West forever stained by racism? Are we all going to die from climate change? To the liberal establishment of London, New York or Sydney, the answer to all of these questions is ‘Yes’. And anyone who disagrees is a racist, climate-denying transphobe.’
Our elites have become convinced of some very strange and extreme ideas. And yet there is precious little pushback against them. Critics are cowed by the threat of shaming, cancellation, even arrest. The new orthodoxies of our age are risible, and yet the space for dissent is shrinking.
We need more heretics. Throughout history, it has been those brave enough to puncture the prevailing groupthink who have propelled society forward. But they are in shockingly short supply today. In this collection of original essays, Brendan O’Neill remakes the case for heresy – and commits a few heresies of his own along the way.”
Brendan O’Neill is the chief political writer for spiked magazine and was spiked’s editor from 2007 to 2021. He hosts the "The Brendan O’Neill Show" podcast.
Related: I'm Afraid We Have To Talk About "Her Penis"- Totalitarianism always begins with a monstrous lie (Public, 7/2/23)—From FAIR Advisor Michael Shellenberge: “This remarkable essay is taken from Brendan O’Neill’s stirring new book, A Heretic’s Manifesto: Essays On The Unsayable, which I urge you to buy and read. I finished it in one sitting. It’s the best book I’ve read all year.”
