Against Decolonisation

A TLS Book of the Year 2023

‘incisive, humane and brave’
Times Literary Supplement

‘Doug Stokes's book forensically dissects the ideas and practices concerning race, equality, identity and grievance, which are having such an explosive impact on our intellectual and cultural life. Whatever one's sentiments and sympathies, this is a concise and lucid guide to what lies behind the “culture war”.’
Robert Tombs, University of Cambridge

‘A highly insightful and persuasive contribution to the ongoing global debate about race, equality and decolonisation, going far beyond the walls of academia into wider institutions and the international world order.’
Munira Mirza, former head of the No. 10 Policy Unit and CEO of Civic Future

‘Doug Stokes’s incisive analysis of the threat posed by critical theory to wider society, particularly the universities, should stand at the top of every reading list about racism, gender and attempts to “decolonise” the curriculum.’
David Abulafia, University of Cambridge

‘Perhaps books like this one will encourage more academics to summon up the courage to resist the bullying and to challenge the new conformity. Not everyone will agree with them. But everyone who truly cares about truth will welcome the opening up of a debate which the universities have largely foreclosed.’
Jonathan Sumption, The Spectator

‘Stokes has just struck a match; the result may well be explosive.’
The Critic

‘an excellent book that can shock as well as inspire’
Graeme Kemp, The Equiano Project