Kenan Malik

Kenan Malik

Free expression Advocate, Historian, and Scientific Author

Kenan Malik is an Indian-born English writer, lecturer, and broadcaster. He studied neurobiology and the history of science before becoming a research psychologist at the University of Sussex. Over the past two decades, Malik’s academic and journalistic work has addressed issues including the politics of multiculturalism, the nature of secularism, and the limits of free speech. He is the author of many books, his latest presenting a dissection of identity politics and its history. His most recent book, “Not So Black and White,” recounts a history of race and class as it relates to identity politics.

Kenan 's Books

The Meaning of Race - Race, History and Culture in Western Society (1996)

The Meaning of Race: Race, History and Culture in Western Society

Kenan Malik
Man, Beast and Zombie_ What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us About Human Nature (2000)

Man, Beast and Zombie: What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us About Human Nature

Kenan Malik
Strange Fruit - Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate (2008)

Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate

Kenan Malik

From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and Its Legacy

Kenan Malik
Multiculturalism and its Discontents

Multiculturalism and Its Discontents: Rethinking Diversity After 9/11

Kenan Malik
The Quest for a Moral Compass - A Global History of Ethics (2014)

The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics

Kenan Malik
Not So Black and White_ A History of Race from White Supremacy to Identity Politics (2023)

Not So Black and White: A History of Race from White Supremacy to Identity Politics

Kenan Malik
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