The rise of victimhood culture: microaggressions, safe spaces, and the new culture wars

1. Microaggression and the culture of victimhood. Microaggression and its discontents ; Microaggression and moral change ; Beyond microaggression ; Why call it victimhood culture?

2. Microaggression and the structure of victimhood. The sociology of conflict ; Conflict and third parties ; Campaigning for support ; Domination as deviance ; The social structure of microaggression ; Purity and tolerance

3. Trigger warnings, safe spaces, and the language of victimhood. Trigger warnings ; Safe spaces ; The harms of safety ; The language of harm ; Failure to communicate ; The harms of harm

4. False accusations, moral panics, and the manufacture of victimhood. The logic of false accusations ; Hate crime hoaxes ; Credulity and false accusations ; Due process and false accusations ; False accusations and moral panics ; Campus rape hoaxes ; "Rape culture" and moral panic

5. Opposition, imitation, and the spread of victimhood. Why moral cultures spread ; Moral culture and child socialization ; Moral culture and social class ; Opposition and backlash ; Competitive victimhood

6. Sociology, social justice, and victimhood. The promise of sociology ; The promise of social justice ; Social justice and victimhood culture ; Sociology and social justice ; Beyond sociology

7. Victimhood, academic freedom, and free speech. The idea of free speech ; The idea of censorship ; Censorship on campus

8. Conclusion. The puzzle of moral cultures ; Sociology as deviance ; Clarifying the campus culture wars ; Moral technology.