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How should we understand ‘cancel culture’?

Moral Maze

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The Importance of Being Invited to Speak

In the study of history, for example, we've moralized the syllabuses to such a degree that I think it's become very difficult to take alternative perspectives and different views. But you'd also agree, as an academic, that being invited to speak anywhere is a privilege, not a rights. And just because I'm not invited to speak somewhere doesn't mean that I'm a victim or that I've been cancelled.

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