Intellectuals and society

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Offers a critique about (but not for) intellectuals that explores their impact on public opinion, policy, and society at large. This title not only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated but also analyzes the incentives and constraints under which their views and visions have emerged.



This much revised and reorganized edition of Intellectuals and Society is more than half again larger than the first edition. Four new chapters have been added on intellectuals and race, including a chapter on race and intelligence. These new chapters show the radically different views of race prevailing among the intelligentsia at the beginning of the twentieth century and at the end- and yet how each of these opposite views of race had the same dogmatic quality and the same refusal to countenance differing opinions among their contemporaries, much less engage dissenting opinions in serious debate. Moreover, each of these very different views of race produced flourishes of rhetoric and travesties of logic, leading to dire social consequences, though of very different sorts in the two eras. Other additions to this edition include a critique of John Rawls' conception or justice and a re-examination of the so-called "trickle-down theory" behind "tax cuts for the rich." There are other revisions, from the preface to the final chapter, the latter being extensively rewritten to bring together and highlight the themes of the other chapters, and to make unmistakably clear what Intellectuals and Society is, and is not, seeking to do.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 06 maart 2012

Aantal pagina's: 669

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Thomas Sowell

Hoofduitgeverij: Basic Books

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 159 mm

Product hoogte: 51 mm

Product lengte: 235 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 149 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 59 mm

Verpakking lengte: 226 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 1654 g

EAN: 9780465025220

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