In this forceful intervention, Umut Ozkrml challenges assumptions and pieties of both Right and Left and - remaining true to the democratic socialist tradition - alerts readers to occasions when a pseudo Left sounds all too much like the reactionary Right.
Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University
This book will make you think, which is probably what makes it so scary. Ozkrmls accessible style helps navigate contentious areas that have, increasingly, been seen as too dangerous to debate. Whatever Side you are on in this increasingly vicious culture war, you would benefit from reading this book. I don't agree with all of it, but I am sure as hell glad it made it to the shelves.
Julie Bindel,feminist and writer, author ofFeminism for Women
Umut Ozkrml takes no hostages in this forensic dissection of the woke Lefts dismal collusion in the exclusionary politics and toxic cancel culture of our times. This is the must-read book of a generation.
Jo Phoenix, University of Reading
Bold and brilliant, taking on both right-wing authoritarian populism and regressive woke Left identity politics, this book represents a watershed in twenty-first century political thought."
Jean Wyllys, Brazilian writer, journalist, and human rights activist
A thoughtful and courageous book that should provoke a much-needed debate
Ivan Krastev
Umut Ozkirimli addresses the more extreme forms of woke-ism in this forthright, often witty examination of contemporary cancel culture He says he walked into this war zone knowing hed cop it from both left and right, and he will surely stir things up.
Sydney Morning Herald
this book is sorely needed, at a time when any rejection of left-wing censoriousness risks becoming either outright hopelessness or a turn to the right
Victoria Smith,The Critic
In this intellectually sterile and predictable debate between excited voices from right and left, Umut Ozkirimli's new book Cancelled seems like a breath of fresh air.
Lars Tragardh,Gothenburg Post
An excellent, well-written, brave, and thought-provoking book
Counterpunch
is it possible for the left to stay true to the progressive egalitarian, universalist ideals it once professed? InCancelled: The Left Way Back from Woke, Ozkrml addresses the question from all angles
The Australian
One of the first explicit and thoroughgoing denunciations of ''cancel culture'' from within the radical leftan important starting point for dialogue and debate: not only within the left, broadly defined, but also among fair-minded people of all political persuasions.
Alan Sokal,The Critic
