grievance studies

English

Etymology

Coined by English literary critic Stefan Collini in 1999.[1] Popularized in 2018 by James A. Lindsay, Peter Boghossian, and Helen Pluckrose, the perpetrators of the "grievance studies affair".[2]

Noun

grievance studies (uncountable)

(derogatory) Academic fields that are perceived by critics as airing grievances with society rather than rigorously pursuing truth.

Usage notes

Commonly used by the right wing or Intellectual Dark Web in reference to left-leaning disciplines such as gender studies, Black studies, feminist theory, postcolonialist theory, and critical race theory.

Translations

Swedish: kränkthetsstudier (sv) c pl

References

Stefan Collini (1999), “13. Grievance Studies: How Not to Do Cultural Criticism”, in English Pasts: Essays in History and Culture‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 252
Helen Pluckrose, James A. Lindsay, & Peter Boghossian (October 2, 2018), “Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship”, in Areo Magazine‎

[1] Stefan Collini (1999), “13. Grievance Studies: How Not to Do Cultural Criticism”, in English Pasts: Essays in History and Culture‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 252

[2] Helen Pluckrose, James A. Lindsay, & Peter Boghossian (October 2, 2018), “Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship”, in Areo Magazine‎